A law relating two variables one of which varies (directly or inversely) as the square of the other.
See also inverse square law
Example sentencesExamples
- If we replace Newton's Inverse square law with an inverse tube law then solar systems and atoms fall apart.
- Networks that support the construction of communicating groups create value that scales exponentially with network size, i.e. much more rapidly than Metcalfe's square law.
- Furthermore, attempts to test Lanchester's models with data from human warfare generally do not support the square law even where concentrated attacks are possible.
- There cannot be a Biology teacher who hasn't invoked giant spiders and the impossibility of such when explaining the cube square law to their pupils.