Inverse Square Law/Examples/Intensity of Effect
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Example of Inverse Square Law
The inverse square law governs the intensity of an effect to the reciprocal of the square of the distance from its cause.
The illumination from a source of light is an everyday example of this.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): inverse square law
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): inverse square law