third law of motion

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Noun1.third law of motion - action and reaction are equal and opposite
law of motion, Newton's law, Newton's law of motion - one of three basic laws of classical mechanics
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Waldman plays out Newton's third law of motion on the human scale, demonstrating that for every action, there is always an equal and opposite reaction.
Apple will do well to take a cue on iPhone's pricing from Newton's third law of motion, which loosely translates into 'what goes up must come down'.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, according to Isaac Newton's third law of motion.
In 1686 Isaac Newton stated in his Third Law of Motion that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The author covers the introductory concepts of Newtonian mechanics, NewtonAEs first and second laws of motion, types of force and free body diagrams, NewtonAEs third law of motion, and a wide variety of other related subjects over the bookAEs nineteen chapters.
It's more like a natural physical law like gravity, or Newton's third law of motion, which states, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
When your advance the throttle(s) is the time to think about Newton's Third Law of Motion, which states a force in one direction creates an equal force in the opposite direction.
Explain Newton's Third Law of Motion: For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force.
Teacher Nancy Stiling said the air released from the balloon moved the car, demonstrating Newton's third law of motion: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.''
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