newtonian

IPA: nutˈoʊniʌn

Root Word: Newtonian

Of or relating to Isaac Newton, or his laws and theories.
(fluid mechanics, of a fluid) Obeying Newton's law of viscosity; i.e. having a constant viscosity.
(physics) Of or relating to classical physics that does not take relativity into account.
Alternative letter-case form of Newtonian. [Of or relating to Isaac Newton, or his laws and theories.]

Examples of "newtonian" in Sentences

Answer, when it's a pool filled with non-newtonian fluid.
June 11, 2009 at 9:15 am more like non-newtonian kitteh, really.
Invisible Red: Non-newtonian fluid skip to main | skip to sidebar
February 8th, 2010 at 12: 22 pm newtonian mechanics will never be 100% wrong
But the *theory* of newtonian mechanics attempts to explain how that law is.
I am planning to use the new Celestron newtonian shown above as the finder scope for the 12 1/2 Newt.
Spanish TV show El-Hormiguero mixed cornstarch and water made on a concrete mixer truck, effectively creating a pool of non-newtonian fluid – which is almost like normal water, but when stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid.
When you look at the gears and levers that make the brain work the way it does its a fairly static set of rules with the only allowable uncertainty coming from quantum randomness stirring the newtonian pot, with no evidence of any higher soul able to make a moral choice.
I think I've made my case: The sort of intention people have under Dennett's view is primarily orchestrated by a combination of convenient illusion (He considers the intentional stance useful primarily in terms of practicality – "actual" intention isn't taken into account) and by nature of his commitment to materialism/reducible physicalism (mind is brain, and brain is just a 3 pound pile of essentially newtonian physics).