Found 1 items, similar to newton.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Newton Newton n 1: English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727) [syn: Isaac Newton , Sir Isaac Newton] 2: 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 [syn: N]