English noun: Newton | |||
1. | Newton (person) English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727) | ||
Synonyms | Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton | ||
Instance hypernym | mathematician, physicist | ||
2. | newton (quantity) 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 | ||
Synonyms | N | ||
Broader (hypernym) | force unit | ||
Part holonym | dyne | ||
Part meronym | sthene | ||