LAW OF ACTION AND REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does law of action and reaction mean? 

• LAW OF ACTION AND REACTION (noun)
  The noun LAW OF ACTION AND REACTION has 1 sense:

1. action and reaction are equal and opposite

  Familiarity information: LAW OF ACTION AND REACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAW OF ACTION AND REACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Action and reaction are equal and opposite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

law of action and reaction; Newton's third law; Newton's third law of motion; third law of motion

Hypernyms ("law of action and reaction" is a kind of...):

law of motion; Newton's law; Newton's law of motion (one of three basic laws of classical mechanics)