Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The SI-derived unit of force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram one meter per second per second, equal to 100,000 dynes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Sir Isaac Newton.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Named after the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word newton.

Examples

  • Tim Bartell on May 23, 2008 thandi newton is smart as hell (cambridge alum) PLUS she can drink and swear with the best of the lads. add that to her hotness which you rightly acknowledge, and we have a winning combo olivio on Aug 19, 2008

    Olive Stone's W Biopic - What and Who? « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • October 27th, 2002 · Posted by: Susan in Announcements funny thing about this film. .we watched charade last night. .and i have to tell you … while thandie newton is great as regina lambert and is a great match for audrey hepburn … mark wahlberg was not as convincing in the cary grant role as the man who falls in love with reggie … tim robbins is no walter matthau. .although he tries really hard … movie was not as bad as i thought it would be. .it held its own and was a little different from charade … all in all, i thought charade was much better … oh yeah, and watch out for the little “in” jokes and stay until the final credits roll … would give this movie a b ….

    the truth about charlie 2002

  • One newton is approximately the amount of force needed to lift a baseball in Earth’s gravity.

    ‘Z-ring’ Helps Bacteria Cells Divide | Impact Lab 2007

  • To put it in perspective, a newton is the force of gravity on something of a small mass– 102 g– like an apple. 1,500 newtons is the force of gravity on an apple on a planet about 1/2 the mass of the sun.

    BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Aliens Among Us 2010

  • A newton is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1 kg 1 meter/second.

    BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Aliens Among Us 2010

  • The PDA was called newton so there is a link there.

    snow white’s deadly apple | My[confined]Space 2009

  • (A newton is the unit of force that, acting on a mass of one kilogram, increases its velocity by one metre per second every second along the direction in which it acts.)

    Chapter 12 2000

  • The newton is a unit of force defined as follows: a force which, when acting for one second on a mass of one kilogram gives it a velocity of one metre per second.

    Chapter 4 1987

  • The newton is the SI unit of force - it's the push needed to get a kilogram going one meter per second faster, every second.

    BBC News - Home 2010

  • Let me give you an example - a newton is a good idea that seems to have appeared out of nowhere.

    Planet Atheism 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.