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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