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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727) [syn: Newton, Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton]
2: 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 [syn: newton, N]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Sir Isaac Newton Date: 1904 the unit of force in the meter-kilogram-second system equal to the force required to impart an acceleration of one meter per second per second to a mass of one kilogram

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name Sir Isaac 1642-1727 English mathematician & physicist II. geographical name city E Massachusetts W of Boston population 83,829

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Physics the SI unit of force that, acting on a mass of one kilogram, increases its velocity by one metre per second every second along the direction that it acts. Usage: Abbr.: N. Etymology: Sir Isaac Newton, Engl. scientist d. 1727