constant of gravitation

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsgravitational constantuniversal gravitational constantG

   Broaderconstant

   Part oflaw of gravitation

   physics

Questions about constant of gravitation

What does constant of gravitation mean?

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

What is another word for constant of gravitation?

Close synonyms include gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, G. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is constant of gravitation a common word?

constant of gravitation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.