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NEWTON'S LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Newton's law mean? 

NEWTON'S LAW (noun)
  The noun NEWTON'S LAW has 1 sense:

1. one of three basic laws of classical mechanicsplay

  Familiarity information: NEWTON'S LAW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEWTON'S LAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of three basic laws of classical mechanics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

law of motion; Newton's law; Newton's law of motion

Hypernyms ("Newton's law" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Newton's law"):

first law of motion; Newton's first law; Newton's first law of motion (a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force)

Newton's second law; Newton's second law of motion; second law of motion (the rate of change of momentum is proportional to the imposed force and goes in the direction of the force)

law of action and reaction; Newton's third law; Newton's third law of motion; third law of motion (action and reaction are equal and opposite)


 Context examples 


In a second stage, Maeder focused on Newton's law, a specific instance of the equations of general relativity.

(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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