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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[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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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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Physics
- Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Sir Isaac Newton
- Newton scale, temperature scale devised by Isaac Newton
- Classical mechanics, sometimes referred to as Newtonian mechanics
People
- Newton (surname), lists notable people with the surname or last name (most illustriously Isaac Newton)
- Given name
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- Newton Faulkner (born 1985), British 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)
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- Newton (band), Spanish electronic music group best known for the track "Streamline"
- Newton (lunar crater)
- Newton (Martian crater)
- Newton (platform), a hardware/software platform developed by Apple, Inc., intended for use in PDAs and embedded devices
- Newton (TV), a Norwegian science television program for children
- Fig Newton, fruit-filled cookie
- The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
- Newton, Chambers & Company, former Sheffield based Engineering company
- Newton Game Dynamics
- Newton Vineyard, Californian wine estate partially owned by LVMH
- Newton's method, an iterative method for solving equations.
- XMM-Newton, orbiting X-ray observatory (named after Sir Isaac Newton)
- Newton (Blake) is a print by William Blake
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