Newton

  1. Proper noun.  The name of many English places.
  2. Proper noun.  An English habitational surname for someone from any of these places.
  3. Proper noun.  (w, Sir Isaac Newton) , English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher.
  4. Noun.  In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N.

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