Newton's cradle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As in a Newton's cradle, motion in this atomic system continues without fading.
From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026
The researchers explain this effect using an analogy to a Newton's cradle, the desktop device with a row of suspended metal balls.
From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026
Bowling balls fashioned into a gigantic Newton’s cradle.
From The Guardian • May 29, 2015
The effects are ambitious, and one spectacular urban catastrophe wittily concludes with a collapsing wall nudging a Newton's cradle just hard enough to set it in motion.
From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2013
Thor’s flight is a souped-up version of Newton’s cradle or the billiard balls.
From Scientific American • Feb. 7, 2013
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