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three-body problem

[ three-bod-ee ]

noun

, Astronomy, Mechanics.
  1. the problem of calculating the motions of three bodies in space moving under the influence of only their mutual gravitational attraction.


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Example Sentences

Astronomers quail at the three-body problem and throw up their hands in surrender before the four-body problem.

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