laws of motion

American  

noun

1. Mechanics. the mechanical principles that govern the movement of objects, especially the three fundamental laws formulated by Sir Isaac Newton in 1687 and known as Newton's first law, Newton's second law, and Newton's third law.

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laws of motion Scientific  

/ lôz /

1. See Newton's laws of motion

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Example Sentences

To join the known physics laws of thermodynamics, electromagnetism and Newton’s laws of motion and gravity, the nine scientists and philosophers behind the paper propose their “law of increasing functional information.”

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

Unlike, say, Newton’s laws of motion, which precisely track objects’ trajectories, a wave function tracks only the probability that an electron, say, will behave in a certain way.

From Scientific American • Oct. 24, 2022

In the previous chapter, you learned Newton's laws of motion and examined how net force affects the motion, position and shape of an object.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

In such a frame of reference, Newton’s laws of motion take the form given in Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion The car is a non-inertial frame of reference because it is accelerated to the side.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

“And that is Newton’s laws of motion in a nutshell,” he finishes.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm