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1. (n.) newton
the SI unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second on a mass of one kilogram.

2. (n.) Newton
Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English physicist and mathematician.

3. Newton
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston. 82,230.

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1. (noun) Newton, Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)

2. (noun) newton, N
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

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