law of gravitation

[ law uhv grav-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

, Physics.

1. a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (​called the gravitational constant ) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance between them.

law of gravitation

1. See Newton's law of gravitation

Word History and Origins

Origin of law of gravitation¹

First recorded in 1755–65