Inverse-square Law Definition
ĭnvûrs-skwâr
noun
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 increases from 1 to 2 to 3 units, the intensity will correspondingly decrease from 1 to14 to19)
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