New·ton (n t n, nytn) A city of eastern Massachusetts, a mainly residential suburb of Boston, comprised of fourteen villages. Population: 82,800. |
| Newton, Sir Isaac 1642-1727. English mathematician and scientist who invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about the nature of light, and three laws of motion. His treatise on gravitation, presented in Principia Mathematica (1687), was supposedly inspired by the sight of a falling apple. New·to ni·an adj. |
| new·ton (ntn, nytn) n. Abbr. N In the meter-kilogram-second system, the unit of force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram one meter per second per second, equal to 100,000 dynes. See Table at measurement. [After Sir Isaac Newton.] |
Newtonian [njuːˈtəʊnɪən]
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(Mathematics) (Physics / General Physics) (Astronomy) of, relating to, or based on the theories of Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and philosopher (1642-1727)
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| Noun | 1. | Newtonian - a follower of Isaac Newton follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another |
| Adj. | 1. | Newtonian - of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science; "Newtonian physics" |
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