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HARMONIC LAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does harmonic law mean?
• HARMONIC LAW (noun)
The noun HARMONIC LAW has 1 sense:
1. a law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets
Familiarity information: HARMONIC LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
harmonic law; Kepler's third law
Hypernyms ("harmonic 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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