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(nūt'n, nyūt'n) 
n. (Abbr. N)
In the meter-kilogram-second system, the unit of force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram one meter per second per second, equal to 100,000 dynes.
n. (Abbr. N)
In the meter-kilogram-second system, the unit of force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram one meter per second per second, equal to 100,000 dynes.
[After Sir Isaac NEWTON.]
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Symbol N. The SI unit of force, being the force required to give a mass of one kilogram an acceleration of 1 m s −2. It is named after Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727).
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Absolute unit of force, abbreviated N, in the metre-kilogram-second (MKS) system of physical units ( International System of Units). It is defined as the force necessary to provide a mass of 1 kg with an acceleration of 1 m per second per second. One newton is equal to a force of 100,000 dynes in the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system, or a force of about 0.2248 lb in the foot-pound-second (English or U.S.) system. It is named for Isaac Newton, whose second law of motion describes the changes a force can produce in the motion of a body.
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[Etymology: I. Newton; England 1642-1727] force. Symbol N. SI, Metric-m.k.s. Identically kg·m·s-2, i.e. the force that gives to a mass of 1 kilogram an acceleration of 1 metre per second, per second (= m·kg·s-2 in base terms). The following are among the coherent derived units:
• N·m for moment of force;
• N·m = joule for energy, work, quantity of heat;
• N·m·s-1 = watt for power, radiant flux;
• N·s·m-2 for dynamic viscosity;
• N·m-1 for surface tension;
• N·m-2 = pascal for pressure.
The name was advocated in 1935
[Hartshorn L., Vigoureux P. Nature Vol. 136, 397 (1935)] and soon became accepted generally.
| 1946 | CIPM ‘Unit of force. - The unit of force [in the MKS (Metre, Kilogram, Second) system] is the force which gives to a mass of 1 kilogram an acceleration of 1 metre per second, per second.’see note below |
[Le Système International d'Unités (Sèvres, France: Bureau International de Poids et Mesures, 1985)]
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The SI unit of force. One newton is equal to the force required to give a mass of 1 kg an acceleration of 1 ms−2. One newton force is equal to 0.225 lb force, or 1 lb equals 4.48 N.
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newton, abbr. N, unit of force in the mks system of units, which is based on the metric system; it is the force that produces an acceleration of 1 meter per second per second when exerted on a mass of 1 kilogram. The newton is named for Sir Isaac Newton.
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symbol: N; the SI derived unit of force, defined as the force required to give a mass of one kilogram an acceleration of one metre per second per second; i.e. 1 N = 1 kg m s−2 = 1 J m−1 (= 105 dynes).
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The SI unit of force; the force that, when acting continuously upon a mass of 1 kilogram, will impart to it an acceleration of 1 meter per second squared. Symbol N.
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Newton is a contraction of "New Town", the name of many places in English-speaking countries. It may refer to:
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People
- Isaac Newton (1642–1727), English physicist, mathematician and philosopher
- Newton (surname), lists of notable people with the surname
- Given name
- Newton (Billy Myers) (born 1967), English pop singer
- Newton Faulkner (born 1985), English singer-songwriter
- Newton Newt Gingrich (born 1943), American politician and author
- Newton Lee, nonprofit entrepreneur and magazine editor
- Newton N. Minow (born 1926), American attorney, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (1961–1963)
Science and technology
- Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton
- Newton scale, temperature scale devised by Isaac Newton
- XMM-Newton, orbiting X-ray observatory named after Isaac Newton
- Newton (platform), a hardware-software platform developed by Apple, Inc.
- Newton OS, an operating system for the Apple Newton
- Newton Game Dynamics, a free physics engine for simulating rigid bodies in games and other real-time applications
Places
Australia
Canada
- Newton, Edmonton, a neighborhood in Edmonton, Alberta
- Newton Town Centre, a town center in Surrey, British Columbia
- Newton Mills, Nova Scotia
England
- Cambridgeshire
- Herefordshire
- Newton, Golden Valley
- Newton, Hampton Court
- Walford, Letton and Newton
- Lancashire
- Newton, Fylde
- Newton, Lancaster
- Hardhorn with Newton
- Newton-in-Bowland
- Newton with Scales
- Other
- Newton, Cheshire (disambiguation)
- Newton, Derbyshire
- Newton, Doncaster in South Yorkshire
- Newton, Dorset
- Newton, Greater Manchester
- Newton, Lincolnshire
- Newton, Merseyside
- Newton, Norfolk
- Newton, Nottinghamshire
- Newton, Shropshire
- Newton, South Gloucestershire
- Newton, Suffolk (also known as Newton Green)
- Newton, Warwickshire
- Newton, West Midlands
- Archdeacon Newton in County Durham
- Newton Abbot in Devon
- Newton Aycliffe in County Durham
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- Newton Bromswold in Northamptonshire
- Newton by Malpas in Cheshire
- Newton by Tattenhall in Cheshire
- Newton-by-the-Sea in Northumberland
- Newton Harcourt in Leicestershire
- Newton-in-Furness in Cumbria
- Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside
- Newton-le-Willows, North Yorkshire
- Newton Longville in Buckinghamshire
- Newton Regis in Warwickshire
- Newton under Roseberry in North Yorkshire
- RAF Newton in Nottinghamshire
New Zealand
Scotland
- Newton, Midlothian
- Newton, North Uist, Na h-Eileanan an Siar
- Newton, Scottish Borders
- Newton (Lanark) railway station
- Newton, West Lothian
- Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire
- Newton-on-Ayr railway station, South Ayrshire
- Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway
Singapore
- Newton, Singapore
- Newton Food Centre, Singapore
- Newton MRT Station, Singapore
United States
- Newton, Alabama
- Newton, Georgia
- Newton, Illinois
- Newton, Iowa
- Newton, Kansas
- Newton, Massachusetts
- Newton, Mississippi
- Newton, New Hampshire
- Newton, New Jersey
- Newton, North Carolina
- Newton, Texas
- Newton, Utah
- Newton, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
- Newton County (disambiguation)
- Newton Township (disambiguation)
Outer space
Wales
Other
- Newton (Blake), a print by William Blake
- Newton (band), Spanish electronic music group
- Newton Vineyard, Californian wine estate partially owned by LVMH
- Newton, a centaur sidekick to Hercules in The Mighty Hercules animated series
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