Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Crosswords: NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION |
| English words defined with "NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION": celestial mechanics, classical mechanics ♦ Edmond Halley, Edmund Halley ♦ Halley ♦ Newtonian mechanics. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Newton first published these laws in Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687) and used them to prove many results concerning the motion of physical objects. In the third volume (of the text), he showed how, combined with his Law of Universal Gravitation, the laws of motion would explain Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
Alternative formulations:
Alternative formulations:
In the equation, F = ma, a is directly measurable but F is not. The second law only has meaning if we are able to assert, in advance, the value of F. Rules for calculating force include Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.
Taken together with Newton's Third Law of Motion, it implies the Law of Conservation of Momentum.Newton's First Law (Law of Inertia)
This means that a stationary object will remain stationary, and a moving object will continue to move (in a straight line and at a constant speed), unless a force acts upon it. In everyday life, the force of friction usually acts upon moving objects. Newton's law indicates that some force (gravity) must be acting upon the planets, as they do not travel in a straight line.Newton's Second Law
This is expressed by the equation:
This equation expresses that the more force an object receives, the greater its acceleration will be. The quantity m, or mass, in the above equation is the constant of proportionality, and is a characteristic of the object. This equation, therefore, indirectly defines the concept of mass.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Newton's laws of motion."
| Domain | Definition |
Physics | Newton's first law of motionA body continues in its state of constant velocity (which may be zero) unless it is acted upon by an external force. (Sir I. Newton). (references) |
Science | Newton's three laws of motion are: 1. Every body continues in a state of uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by some external force. 2. The time rate of change of momentum (mass x velocity) is proportional to the impressed force. In the usual case where the mass does not change, this law can be expressed in the familiar form: force = mass x acceleration or F = ma. 3. To every force or action, there is always an equal and opposite reaction. Kepler's three laws of planetary motion, which had been derived empirically by Johannes Kepler, were obtained with mathematical rigor as a consequence of Newton's law of universal gravitation in conjunction with his three laws of motion. See Kepler's three laws of motion. (references) |
Space | Three laws which form the foundation of classical mechanics, i.e. of the theory of ordinary motions (not motions on an atomic scale, covered by quantum mechanics, and not at velocities close to that of light, covered by relativity). The laws introduce the concepts of force and mass and state (in modern termsIn the absence of forces, an object ("body") at rest stays at rest, and an object moving in a straight line with constant velocity persists in doing so. A (small) body subject to a force accelerates; the acceleration is in the direction of the force and proportional to its magnitude, and inversely proportional to the mass of the body: F = maForces are produced in pairs, in opposite directions and equal magnitudes. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: newtons laws of motion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 57 54 4F 4E 27 53 4C 41 57 53 4F 46 4D 4F 54 49 4F 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01010111 01010100 01001111 01001110 00100111 01010011 00100000 01001100 01000001 01010111 01010011 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001101 01001111 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E W T O N ' S   L A W S   O F   M O T I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0057 0054 004F 004E 0027 0053 004C 0041 0057 0053 004F 0046 004D 004F 0054 0049 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)483957544948953246355753249402474954434948 |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Derivations 3. Orthography 4. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
