Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: gravitational constant
  1. (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
    - universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation, G

Derived forms: gravitational constants

Type of: constant

Part of: law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation

Encyclopedia: Gravitational constant