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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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

Isaac Newton’s work on the laws of motion, gravity, optics, and mathematics laid the foundations for much of physical science.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

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

Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation gave physicists an explanation for the way planets and objects move through the universe.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife