"newton" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: newtons [plural]
Etymology: Named after the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton. Head templates: {{en-noun}} newton (plural newtons)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: newton Categories (topical): SI units Derived forms: kilo-newton, newton meter, newton metre Translations (derived unit of force): نْيُوتَن (nyūtan) [masculine] (Arabic), ню́тон (njúton) [masculine] (Bulgarian), newton [masculine] (Catalan), 牛頓 (Chinese Mandarin), 牛顿 (niúdùn) (Chinese Mandarin), newton [masculine] (Czech), neŭtono (Esperanto), njuuton (Estonian), newton (Finnish), newton [masculine] (French), newton [masculine] (Galician), ნიუტონი (niuṭoni) (Georgian), Newton [masculine] (German), न्यूटन (nyūṭan) (Hindi), njúton [neuter] (Icelandic), newton (Indonesian), newton (Interlingua), newton [masculine] (Italian), ニュートン (nyūton) (Japanese), ញូតុន (ñuuton) (Khmer), 뉴턴 (nyuteon) (Korean), ņūtons [masculine] (Latvian), њутн (njutn) [masculine] (Macedonian), newton (Malay), niutana (Maori), niuton [masculine] (Polish), newton [masculine] (Portuguese), newton [masculine] (Romanian), нью́тон (nʹjúton) [masculine] (Russian), ньюто́н (nʹjutón) [masculine] (Russian), njutn [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), newton [masculine] (Slovak), newton [masculine] (Spanish), นิวตัน (niu tan) (Thai)

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