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Definition of Theory of gravity
1. Noun. (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.
Terms within: Law Of Gravitation, Newton's Law Of Gravitation
Generic synonyms: Scientific Theory
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theory Of Gravity
Literary usage of Theory of gravity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Aristotle maintained the simultaneous existence of several worlds to be an
absurdity, his principal argument being drawn from his theory of gravity, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This theory of gravity appeared in the writings of Jean Buridan of ... —If the
School of Paris completely transformed the Peripatetic theory of gravity, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This theory of gravity appeared in the writings of Jean Buridan of ... —If the
School of Paris completely transformed the Peripatetic theory of gravity, ..."
4. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"... has heen greatly cultivated by mathematicians, on account of its extensive
use in the theory of gravity, and other physical and mathematical sciences. ..."
5. The Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy and Their Application by John Henry Pratt (1842)
"... to depend on the theory of gravity, it was neglected by most astronomers ;
till a more thorough examination led Laplace to discover that its cause is ..."
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