1. newton(n = noun.person) isaac newton, sir isaac newton - English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727);
is a kind of mathematician, physicist
Derived form adjective newtonian1
2. newton(n = noun.quantity) n - 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;
is a kind of force unit
is a part of sthene
has parts: dyne
newton, n. Physics the SI unit of force that, acting on a mass of one kilogram, increases its velocity by one metre per second every second along the direction that it acts.
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Abbr.: N.
Etymology:
Sir Isaac Newton, Engl. scientist d. 1727