Newton, Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
(noun) English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
newton
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Named after the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton.
newton (plural newtons)
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.
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Newton
The name of many English-speaking places, including
Several places in England
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 in Bywell parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0364).
A residential area in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6660).
A small city, the county seat of Baker County, Georgia, United States.
A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Illinois, United States.
A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Iowa, United States.
A city, the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States.
A city, the county seat of Catawba County, North Carolina, United States.
A city, the county seat of Newton County, Texas, United States.
A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
A habitational surname for someone from any of these places.
Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher.
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15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
