NOUN | cognition | law of equal areas, Kepler's second law, law of areas | a law concerning the speed at which planets travel |
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Meaning | A law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times. | |
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Synonyms | Kepler's second law, law of areas | |
Broader | Kepler'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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