WordNet
n. (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 [syn: theory of gravity, gravitational theory, Newton's theory of gravitation]
Usage examples of "theory of gravitation".
Tynedale's theory of gravitation, Tynedale's laws of planetary motion, the Tynedale reflecting telescope, and the Tynedale methods of differential and integral calculus.
Isaac Newton's theory of gravitation, in conjunction with his laws of motion, was - and still is - good enough to explain the movements of the planets, asteroids and other bodies of the solar system in intricate detail, with high accuracy.
For he still lacked one essential insight: a theory of gravitation.
Stones did not stop falling when Einstein published a new theory of gravitation.
So the hypothesis that the Theory of Gravitation is wrong falls before Thargola's Sword and we begin our investigations by working with the simpler explanation of the problem.
That's a reasonable assumption, I think, and it would enable us to get rid of Planck's Constant-I agree with Retma that in a situation like this that's only a bugger factor-and handle the opposite signs in terms of the old Schiff neutrino-antineutrino theory of gravitation.
That's a reasonable assumption, I think, and it would enable us to get rid of Planck's ConstantI agree with Retma that in a situation like this that's only a bugger factorand handle the opposite signs in terms of the old Schiff neutrino-antineutrino theory of gravitation.
It was Newton's theory of gravitation that first assigned a cause for gravity by interpreting it as action at a distance, proceeding from masses.
The theory of gravitation derived in this way from the general postulate of relativity excels not only in its beauty .