newton meaning

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Noun: newton  n(y)oot(u)n
  1. 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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Noun: Newton  n(y)oot(u)n
  1. 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

Derived forms: newtons

See also: Newtonian

Type of: force unit, mathematician, physicist

Part of: sthene

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[Electronics]
(Sir Isaac Newton.) Symbol N. The SI unit of force. A force of 1 newton imparts an acceleration of 1 meter per second per second to a mass of 1 kilogram. The newton is equal to 105 dynes.

[Medicine]
n : the unit of force in the metric system equal to the force required to impart an acceleration of one meter per second per second to a mass of one kilogram Newton Sir Isaac (1642-1727) British physicist and mathematician. One of the greatest figures in the history of science, Newton made great fundamental discoveries in mathematics and physical science including the method of fluxions (now known as differential calculus); laws concerning the composition of white light and the transmission of light through various media, upon which he built the foundation for the science of optics; and the law of gravitation. The newton unit of force was named in his honor in 1904.

[Computer]
1. (Named after Isaac Newton (1642-1727)). Rapin et al, Swiss Federal Inst Tech, Lausanne 1981. General purpose expression language, syntactically ALGOL-like, with object-oriented and functional features and a rich set of primitives for concurrency. Used for undergraduate teaching at Lausanne (EPFL).

Versions: Newton 2.6 for VAX/VMS and Newton 1.2 for DEC-Alpha/OSF-1.

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2. Apple Newton.

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