gravitational constant

English

Noun

gravitational constant (usually uncountable, plural gravitational constants)

  2. (physics) Any of several empirical physical constants involved in the calculation of the gravitational attraction between objects with mass. Newtonian and Einsteinian variants exist.
    Hypernyms: constant, coefficient
    Hyponyms: Newtonian gravitational constant, G, Einstein gravitational constant, Einstein's constant, κ
    2. (usually) Ellipsis of Newtonian gravitational constant.
      Alternative form: G (symbol)
    4. (sometimes) Ellipsis of Einstein gravitational constant.
      Alternative form: κ (symbol)
      Synonym: Einstein's constant

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