THREE-BODY PROBLEM


Meaning of THREE-BODY PROBLEM in English

/three"bod"ee/ , Astron., Mech.

the problem of calculating the motions of three bodies in space moving under the influence of only their mutual gravitational attraction. Cf. two-body problem .

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