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万有引力 (ばんゆういんりょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

万ばん有ゆう引いん力りょく

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

universal gravitation

Physics term for Newton's law of universal gravitation; often used in scientific contexts.

ニュートンは万ばん有ゆう引いん力りょくの法ほう則そくを発はっ見

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Newton discovered the law of universal gravitation.

Kanji

万ten thousand, 10,000
有possess, have, exist
引pull, tug, jerk
力power, strength, strong

Related words

重じゅう力りょくN2
万有引力 is the formal physics term for universal gravitation used in the context of Newton's law, while 重力 is the everyday word for the gravity we feel.

Word family

万ばん有ゆう引いん力りょく定てい数すう
gravitational constant (G)

Built from

万ばん有ゆう+引いん力りょく

Etymology

Compound of 万有 (ban'yū, 'all things, universal') and 引力 (inryoku, 'attractive force, gravitation').