English noun: gravitational constant | |||
| 1. | gravitational constant (quantity) (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation | ||
| Synonyms | constant of gravitation, G, universal gravitational constant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | constant | ||
| Part meronym | law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||