NEWTON'S THEORY OF GRAVITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Newton's theory of gravitation mean? 

• NEWTON'S THEORY OF GRAVITATION (noun)
  The noun NEWTON'S THEORY OF GRAVITATION has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

  Familiarity information: NEWTON'S THEORY OF GRAVITATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEWTON'S THEORY OF GRAVITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

gravitational theory; Newton's theory of gravitation; theory of gravitation; theory of gravity

Hypernyms ("Newton's theory of gravitation" is a kind of...):

scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)

Meronyms (parts of "Newton's theory of gravitation"):

law of gravitation; Newton's law of gravitation ((physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)