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NEWTON'S SECOND LAW OF MOTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Newton's second law of motion mean?
• NEWTON'S SECOND LAW OF MOTION (noun)
The noun NEWTON'S SECOND LAW OF MOTION has 1 sense:
1. the rate of change of momentum is proportional to the imposed force and goes in the direction of the force
Familiarity information: NEWTON'S SECOND LAW OF MOTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NEWTON'S SECOND LAW OF MOTION (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 of motion" 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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