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KEPLER'S SECOND LAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kepler's second law mean?
• KEPLER'S SECOND LAW (noun)
The noun KEPLER'S SECOND LAW has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: KEPLER'S SECOND LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Kepler's second law; law of areas; law of equal areas
Context example:
Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun
Hypernyms ("Kepler's second law" is a kind of...):
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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