the inverse square law
1Inverse-square law — In physics, an inverse square law is any physical law stating that some physical quantity or strength is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source of that physical quantity. Areas of application In particular the… …
2inverse square law — or inverse square law n. Physics 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… …
3inverse square law — the intensity of radiation is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between a point source and the irradiated surface …
4inverse square law — noun Physics a law stating that the intensity of an effect changes in inverse proportion to the square of the distance from the source …
5inverse-square — | ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the phrase inverse square : according with or relating to the inverse square law …
6inverse square law — 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… …
7inverse square law — 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… …
8Inverse Square Law — F/A/V law of physics stating that some physical quantity or strength is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source of that physical quantity. Applied to light and sound in AV …
9inverse-square law — noun any physical law, such as that of gravitation, in which a quantity varies inversely with distance from a source as the square of that distance …
10inverse-square law — noun : a statement in physics: the manner in which a physical quantity (as illumination) varies with the distance from the source is inversely as the square of the distance …
