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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

law, law of nature go
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion
(astronomy) one of three empirical laws of planetary motion stated by Johannes Kepler

noun.cognition

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Kepler's first law go
a law stating that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse with the sun at one focus of the ellipse
Kepler's second law, law of areas, law of equal areas go
a law concerning the speed at which planets travel
Kepler's third law, harmonic law go
a law stating that the ratio of the square of the revolutionary period (in years) to the cube of the orbital axis (in astronomical units) is the same for all planets