Dictionary![]() ![]() new•tonPronunciation: (nOOt'n, nyOOt'n), [key] —n. Physics. the SI unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second on a mass of one kilogram. Abbr.: N New•tonPronunciation: (nOOt'n, nyOOt'n), [key] —n. 1. Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation. 2. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston. 83,622. 3. a city in central Kansas. 16,332. 4. a city in central Iowa, E of Des Moines. 15,292. 5. a male given name: a family name taken from a place-name meaning “new town.” Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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