1. (physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
   "The law of gravitation explains why the moon orbits the Earth";
   - Newton's law of gravitation

Derived forms: laws of gravitation

Type of: law, law of nature

Part of: gravitational theory, Newton's theory of gravitation, theory of gravitation, theory of gravity

Encyclopedia: Law of gravitation