UNIVERSAL GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does universal gravitational constant mean? 

• UNIVERSAL GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT (noun)
  The noun UNIVERSAL GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation

  Familiarity information: UNIVERSAL GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIVERSAL GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

constant of gravitation; G; gravitational constant; universal gravitational constant

Hypernyms ("universal gravitational constant" is a kind of...):

constant (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context)

Domain category:

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

Holonyms ("universal gravitational constant" is a part of...):

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)