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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
Synonyms:
Isaac Newton; Newton; Sir Isaac Newton
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
Derivation:
Newtonian (of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science)
Sense 2
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
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("newton" is a kind of...):
force unit (a unit of measurement of physical force)
Meronyms (parts of "newton"):
dyne (a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram)
Holonyms ("newton" is a part of...):
sthene (a unit of force equal to 1000 newtons)
Context examples:
A physical constant which appears in the mathematical formula of Newton's definition of gravitational universal force and in Einstein's theory of general relativity.
(Gravitational Constant, NCI Thesaurus)
Sir Isaac Newton is said to have avowed that he felt like a child picking up shells beside the great and unexplored ocean of truth.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A unit of surface tension defined as the stretching force required to form a liquid film, tending to minimize the area of a surface, equal to one newton per unit length of the film equal to one meter.
(Newton per Meter, NCI Thesaurus)
It is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length and zero diameter separated by one meter in a vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2x10E7 newton per meter of length.
(Ampere, NCI Thesaurus)
The kilonewton per centimeter squared is an SI derived unit of pressure; one newton is computed as the force necessary to accelerate a mass of one gram at the rate of one centimeter per second squared.
(Kilonewton per Centimeter Squared, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of electrical, mechanical, and thermal energy (as well as work and quantity of heat) in the SI system, equal to the work done when the point of application of a force of one newton is displaced through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force or the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second.
(Joule, NCI Thesaurus)
Consider, here are the two Miss Careys come over from Newton, the three Miss Dashwoods walked up from the cottage, and Mr. Willoughby got up two hours before his usual time, on purpose to go to Whitwell.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Four hundred years after Newton, University of Cambridge researchers have overcome this challenge to produce a system up to a thousand times smaller than those previously reported.
(Nanowires replace Newton’s famous glass prism, University of Cambridge)
NuSTAR complements Chandra and XMM-Newton in its capability to detect higher-energy range of X-rays that can, in fact, penetrate through this intervening gas.
(Pulse of a Dead Star Powers Intense Gamma Rays, NASA)
The way we represent the universe and its history are described by Einstein's equations of general relativity, Newton's universal gravitation and quantum mechanics.
(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
