newton
IPA: nˈutʌn
noun
- 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. Symbol: N.
- The name of many English-speaking places, including:
- Several places in England:
- A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4168).
- A village in Dalton (Town) with Newton parish, Barrow-in-Furness borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2371).
- A village in Blackwell parish, Bolsover district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4459).
- A suburban area near Hyde, Tameside borough, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ9596).
- A hamlet and civil parish in north Herefordshire, served by Hope under Dinmore and Newton Parish Council (OS grid ref SO5053).
- A hamlet in south-west Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3433).
- A village and civil parish (served by Newton-in-Bowland Parish Council) in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD6950).
- A village in Bywell parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0364).
- A village in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, otherwise known as Newton Wamphray (OS grid ref NY1194).
- A residential area in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6660).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A small city, the county seat of Baker County, Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Iowa.
- A city, the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas.
- A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- A town, the county seat of Sussex County, New Jersey.
- A city, the county seat of Catawba County, North Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of Newton County, Texas.
- A habitational surname for someone from any of these places.
- Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher.
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Examples of "newton" in Sentences
- The PDA was called newton so there is a link there.
- A newton is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1 kg 1 meter/second.
- One newton is approximately the amount of force needed to lift a baseball in Earth’s gravity.
- Let me give you an example - a newton is a good idea that seems to have appeared out of nowhere.
- The newton is the SI unit of force - it's the push needed to get a kilogram going one meter per second faster, every second.
- The newton is a unit of force defined as follows: a force which, when acting for one second on a mass of one kilogram gives it a velocity of one metre per second.
- (A newton is the unit of force that, acting on a mass of one kilogram, increases its velocity by one metre per second every second along the direction in which it acts.)
- To put it in perspective, a newton is the force of gravity on something of a small mass– 102 g– like an apple. 1,500 newtons is the force of gravity on an apple on a planet about 1/2 the mass of the sun.
- Tim Bartell on May 23, 2008 thandi newton is smart as hell (cambridge alum) PLUS she can drink and swear with the best of the lads. add that to her hotness which you rightly acknowledge, and we have a winning combo olivio on Aug 19, 2008
- October 27th, 2002 · Posted by: Susan in Announcements funny thing about this film. .we watched charade last night. .and i have to tell you … while thandie newton is great as regina lambert and is a great match for audrey hepburn … mark wahlberg was not as convincing in the cary grant role as the man who falls in love with reggie … tim robbins is no walter matthau. .although he tries really hard … movie was not as bad as i thought it would be. .it held its own and was a little different from charade … all in all, i thought charade was much better … oh yeah, and watch out for the little “in” jokes and stay until the final credits roll … would give this movie a b ….
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