HyperDic: law_of_equal_areas

English > 1 sense of the expression law of equal areas:
NOUNcognitionlaw of equal areas, Kepler's second law, law of areasa law concerning the speed at which planets travel
English > law of equal areas: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times.
SynonymsKepler's second law, law of areas
BroaderKepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion(astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler

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