What is the meaning of law of areas?

noun

  • A law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times.
    • usage: "Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
13
 
|15 years ago|394 views|share |citing 
APAWordNet. (2010). law of areas. Retrieved September 29, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/law_of_areas/definitions/1290722
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "law of areas" http://smartdefine.org/law_of_areas/definitions/1290722 (accessed September 29, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, law of areas, Smart Define, viewed 29 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/law_of_areas/definitions/1290722>.
MLAWordNet. "law of areas" 23 October 2010. Web. 29 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/law_of_areas/definitions/1290722>