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Newton's second law

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noun

  1. Mechanics. one of the three fundamental laws of motion, which states that the change in the rate of momentum of an object is in direct proportion to, and in the same direction as, the force acting on it.


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No amount of word salad can repeal Isaac Newton’s second law of motion, F=ma.

From Washington Post Feb. 16, 2023

Newton’s second law states that the magnitude of the net external force on an object is Fnet = ma .

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

If the net external force can be found from all this information, we can use Newton’s second law to find the acceleration as requested.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Combining the two proportionalities just given yields Newton's second law of motion.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

What happens to a body when a force does act on it is given by Newton’s second law.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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