Newton

New·ton  (ntn, nytn)

A city of eastern Massachusetts, a mainly residential suburb of Boston, comprised of fourteen villages. Population: 82,800.

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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.

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New·toni·an adj.

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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.

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[After Sir Isaac Newton.]

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newton [ˈnjuːt^ən]

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(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) the derived SI unit of force that imparts an acceleration of 1 metre per second per second to a mass of 1 kilogram; equivalent to 10⁵ dynes or 7.233 poundals. Symbol N

[named after Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and philosopher]

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Newton [ˈnjuːt^ən]

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(Astronomy) one of the deepest craters on the moon, over 7300 metres deep and about 112 kilometres in diameter, situated in the SE quadrant

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Newton²

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(Biographies / Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) M, English, SCIENCE: mathematician, SCIENCE: physicist, SCIENCE: astronomer, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Sir Isaac. 1642-1727, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and philosopher, noted particularly for his law of gravitation, his three laws of motion, his theory that light is composed of corpuscles, and his development of calculus independently of Leibnitz. His works include Principia Mathematica (1687) and Opticks (1704)

Newtonian  [njuːˈtəʊnɪən] adj

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newton  (ntn)

The SI derived unit used to measure force. One newton is equal to the force needed to accelerate a mass of one kilogram one meter per second per second. See also joule.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Newton - English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727) Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
	2.	newton - a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes N force unit - a unit of measurement of physical force dyne - a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram sthene - a unit of force equal to 1000 newtons

Translations

newton [ˈnjuːtn] N → newton m, neutonio m