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Newton's theory of gravity comparison table

Subject	has discoverer	has definition	has synonym	is a kind of	is an instance of
gravity law				law
Newton's theory of gravity	Sir Isaac Newton	Gravitational force decreases as one over distance squared (1/r2), where r is the distance from the source.	inverse square law		gravity law

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