| NOUN | person | Newton, Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton | English mathematician and physicist |
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| quantity | newton, N | a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram |
| Sounds | nuw'tahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727). | |
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| Synonyms | Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton | |
| Instance of | mathematician | A person skilled in mathematics |
| physicist | A scientist trained in physics | |
| Spanish | Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac Newton | |
| Catalan | Isaac Newton, Newton, Sir Isaac Newton | |
| Adjectives | Newtonian | of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | N | |
| Part of | sthene | A unit of force equal to 1000 newtons |
| Parts | dyne | A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram |
| Broader | force unit | A unit of measurement of physical force |
| Spanish | newton | |
| Catalan | newton | |
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