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Newton's law of gravitation   /nˈutənz əv grˌævɪtˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Newton's law of gravitation

noun
1.
(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.  Synonym: law of gravitation.






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... savage dreamed that damp caverns and unholy smells were not in accord with the principles of hygiene. It dawned upon his mighty intellect that one flat stone would lie on top of another, and that a little mud, aided by Sir Isaac Newton's law of gravitation, would hold them together, and that walls could be built in the form of a quadrangle. Here was the birth of architecture. And thus, from the magical dreams of this unmausoleumed barbarian was evolved the home, the best and sweetest evolution ...
— Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales • Robert L. Taylor



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