newton

Meanings

Plural: newtons

Noun

• English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
• 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
• In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second.
• A cookie consisting of fruit paste in a sheath of pastry dough.

Synonyms

Isaac Newton, N, Sir Isaac Newton