 Gravitational acceleration (source code)

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= Gravitational acceleration
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= Newtonian gravity
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Gravitational acceleration is the acceleration of a freely falling test body in a <Newtonian gravitational field>[gravitational field]. Near Earth's surface its magnitude is approximately constant on shallow vertical scales, and is conventionally denoted by $g$.

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