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NEWTON'S SECOND LAW

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

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

1. the rate of change of momentum is proportional to the imposed force and goes in the direction of the forceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NEWTON'S SECOND LAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The rate of change of momentum is proportional to the imposed force and goes in the direction of the force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

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

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

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


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