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three-body problem
[ three-bod-ee ]
noun
, Astronomy, Mechanics.
- the problem of calculating the motions of three bodies in space moving under the influence of only their mutual gravitational attraction.
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Astronomers quail at the three-body problem and throw up their hands in surrender before the four-body problem.
From Project Gutenberg
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