HyperDic: gravitational_constant

English > 1 sense of the expression gravitational constant:
NOUNquantitygravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation, G(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
English > gravitational constant: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
Meaning(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation.
Synonymsuniversal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation, G
Categoryphysics, natural philosophyThe science of matter and energy and their interactions
Part oflaw of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation(physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
BroaderconstantA number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
Catalanconstant de la gravitació, constant de la gravitació universal

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