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gravitational constant
(redirected from universal gravitational constant)

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grav·i·ta·tion·al constant (grv-tsh-nl)
n. Abbr. G
The constant in Newton's law of gravitation that yields the attractive force between two bodies when multiplied by the product of the masses of the two bodies and divided by the square of the distance between them. Also called newtonian constant of gravitation.


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The Australians who did the original work, Frank Stacey of the University of Queensland in Brisbane and his collaborators, had found that in the mines, Newton's universal gravitational constant appeared slightly larger than the value determined by centuries of measurement in laboratories.
 
 
 
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