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Newtonian mechanics

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: Newtonian mechanics
(′nü′tō·nē·ən mi′kan·iks)

(mechanics) The system of mechanics based upon Newton's laws of motion in which mass and energy are considered as separate, conservative, mechanical properties, in contrast to their treatment in relativistic mechanics.


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Meaning #1: the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion
  Synonym: classical mechanics


 
 

 

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