English noun: theory of gravity | |||
1. | theory of gravity (cognition) (physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them | ||
Synonyms | gravitational theory, Newton's theory of gravitation, theory of gravitation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scientific theory | ||
Part holonym | law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation | ||
Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||