Meaning

2 senses
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second.

    Holonyms: kilonewton < meganewton < giganewton < teranewton < petanewton < exanewton < zettanewton < yottanewton

    Meronyms: piconewton < nanonewton < micronewton < millinewton

    Newton

    нью́тонnʹjúton, ньюто́нnʹjutón

    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

  2. A cookie consisting of fruit paste in a sheath of pastry dough.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:newton.

Examples

54 sentences
  1. Newton saw an apple fall off a tree.

    ruНьютон видел, как с дерева упало яблоко. — marafon

  2. We were taught that Newton discovered the law of gravity.

  3. A peach fell on Newton's head.

    Ньютону на голову впав персик. — deniko

    deNewton fiel ein Pfirsich auf den Kopf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. He is a Newton of our day.

    Він - Ньютон наших днів. — deniko

    ruОн Ньютон наших дней. — marafon

  5. We learned that Newton discovered the law of gravitation.

    Ми вивчили, що Ньютон відкрив закон всесвітнього тяжіння. — ChickenKiev

Translations

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Origin

Named after the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726) in 1948. Attested since th

Named after the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726) in 1948.

Attested since the 1990s, from Fig Newtons, a brand name (later renamed just "Newtons" in 2012) which was named for Newton, Massachusetts.

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Forms

plural: newtons
Singularnewton
Pluralnewtons

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1726):Isaac NewtonSir Isaac 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

Word family

11 related words

See also

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