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Newtonian

American

[noo-toh-nee-uhn, nyoo-] / nuˈtoʊ ni ən, nyu- /

adjective

of or relating to Sir Isaac Newton or to his theories or discoveries.

Newtonian physics.

Newtonian British

/ njuːˈtəʊnɪən /

adjective

of, relating to, or based on the theories of Sir Isaac Newton

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Other Word Forms

non-Newtonian adjective
post-Newtonian adjective
pre-Newtonian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Newtonian

First recorded in 1705–15; Newton + -ian

Example Sentences

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Monjo’s theory helps unify scientific concepts of Newtonian gravity with our knowledge of electromagnetism.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024

This is the first metafluid that has been shown to transition between Newtonian and non-Newtonian states.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

In 1973, a young man named Uri Geller appeared on one of the BBC’s most popular television shows, “The Dimbleby Talk-In,” and announced that the laws of Newtonian physics did not apply to him.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2023

But in Albert Einstein’s conception of the universe, space and time are one, and this single spacetime isn’t something absolute but can warp in ways that don’t fit with Newtonian ways of thinking.

From Scientific American • May 22, 2023

The future lay not only with the new philosophies, whether mechanical or Newtonian; it also lay with the new machines.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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