inverse square law

in·verse square law

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [adjective, noun in-vurs, in-vurs skwair law]
- /adjective, noun ɪnˈvɜrs, ˈɪn vɜrs skwɛər lɔ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [adjective, noun in-vurs, in-vurs skwair law]
- /adjective, noun ɪnˈvɜrs, ˈɪn vɜrs skwɛər lɔ/

Definitions of inverse square law words

noun inverse square law one of several laws relating two quantities such that one quantity varies inversely as the square of the other, as the law that the illumination produced on a screen by a point source varies inversely as the square of the distance of the screen from the source. 1
noun inverse square law any natural law in which the magnitude of a physical quantity varies inversely with the square of the distance from its source 0
noun inverse square law a general principle of light, sound, gravity, etc. in which the intensity of energy coming from a given point varies inversely with the square of the distance from that point (Ex.: as the distance from a point increases from 1 to 2 to 3 units, the intensity will correspondingly decrease from 1 to 1⁄4 to 1⁄9) 0

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