inverse square law

noun Physics, Optics.

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.

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inverse cosecant, inverse cosine, inverse cotangent, inverse function, inverse image, inverse square law, inverse-square law, inversely, inversion, inversion casting, inversion layer
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British Dictionary definitions for inverse square law

inverse square law

noun

any natural law in which the magnitude of a physical quantity varies inversely with the square of the distance from its source
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