Constant-of-gravitation
noun, Physics.
1.
See under . Symbol: G.
noun, Physics.
1.
a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (constant of gravitation) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance between them.
law of gravitation
See Newton’s law of gravitation.
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