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
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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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5 April 2025
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
