CAVENDISH EXPERIMENT


Meaning of CAVENDISH EXPERIMENT in English

Physics.

the experiment, conducted by Henry Cavendish, that determined the constant of gravitation by using a torsion balance and measuring the torsion produced by two masses placed at given distances from the masses on the balance.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .