Newton’s Laws
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Newton's laws of motion — plural noun The three laws first stated by Newton (1687) describing the effect of force on the movement of a body • • • Main Entry: ↑newton … Useful english dictionary
Newton's laws of motion — state: (i) every body preserves its state of rest, or uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it; (ii) the rate of change of linear momentum is proportional to the force … Philosophy dictionary
Newton's laws of motion — For other uses, see Laws of motion. Classical mechanics … Wikipedia
Newton's laws of motion — Relations between the forces acting on a body and the motion of the body, formulated by Isaac Newton. The laws describe only the motion of a body as a whole and are valid only for motions relative to a reference frame. Usually, the reference… … Universalium
Newton's laws — /ˈnjutnz lɔz / (say nyoohtnz lawz) plural noun three laws of motion which form the basis of classical dynamics: 1. all bodies continue in a state of rest or uniform linear motion unless they are acted upon by external forces to change that state …
Newton [3] — Newton (spr. njūt n), 1) Isaac, der Begründer der neuern mathematischen Physik und der physischen Astronomie, geb. 5. Jan. 1643 zu Woolsthorpe in der Grafschaft Lincoln, gest. 31. März 1727 in Kensington. Seit 1660 studierte er in Cambridge… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Newton's theorem of revolving orbits — Figure 1: An attractive force F(r) causes the blue planet to move on the cyan circle. The green planet moves three times faster and thus requires a stronger centripetal force, which is supplied by adding an attractive inverse cube force. The … Wikipedia
Newton, Sir Isaac — born Jan. 4, 1643, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, Eng. died March 31, 1727, London English physicist and mathematician. The son of a yeoman, he was raised by his grandmother. He was educated at Cambridge University (1661–65), where he discovered the… … Universalium
Newton's law of universal gravitation — Classical mechanics Newton s Second Law History of classical mechanics … Wikipedia
Laws of science — The laws of science are various established scientific laws, or physical laws as they are sometimes called, that are considered universal and invariable facts of the physical world. Laws of science may, however, be disproved if new facts or… … Wikipedia
