Newtonian
[noo-toh-nee-uh n, nyoo-]
- of or relating to Sir Isaac Newton or to his theories or discoveries: Newtonian physics.
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Origin of Newtonian
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Contemporary Examples
However, there is a Newtonian opposite to the base, and it's called swing voters--wing voters vs. swing voters, if you will.
This is not to suggest that Romney should aspire to megalomania of Newtonian proportions.
In the Newtonian world, people only care about what he says; the rules are to be followed by the rest of us.
In Newt Gingrich’s World Rules Do not Apply to Him, Ex-Wife’s Lawyer SaysVictoria Toensing
January 23, 2012
Remember the Newtonian rule of power politics: for every interest that wants X, there is an opposing interest that wants Not X.
Historical Examples
One is termed the Newtonian theory, and the other the Huygenean.
The Newtonian theory, then, is not to be considered as wrong, but in the light of a first approximation.
AstronomyDavid Todd
Somehow, somewhere, in the maze of the Newtonian science there had to be an answer.
DeepfreezeRobert Donald Locke
Then, too, Newtonian science buttressed the principle of natural rights.
Benjamin FranklinFrank Luther Mott
Complementary to Newtonian science was the sensationalism of John Locke.
Benjamin FranklinFrank Luther Mott
Newtonian
- of, relating to, or based on the theories of Sir Isaac Newton
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