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Definitions: Newtonian |
NewtonianAdjective1. Of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science; "Newtonian physics". Noun1. A follower of Isaac Newton. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Newtonian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | NEWTONIAN, adj. Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to say why. His successors and disciples have advanced so far as to be able to say when. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Newtonian |
| English words defined with "Newtonian": acceptance ♦ clockwork universe, credence ♦ force function ♦ Newtonian mechanics, Newtonian philosophy, Newtonian reflector, Newtonian telescope, Newtonian theory of light ♦ reflecting telescope. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Newtonian": Cassegrain telescope ♦ equation of motion ♦ Newton formula for the stress, Newtonian aberration, Newtonian fluid, newtonian liquid, Newtonian speed of sound, Newtonian universal constant of gravitation, newtonian viscosity ♦ Pythagorean System ♦ relativity, Theory of. (references) |
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| "Newtonian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Newtonian" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 102 | 32,309 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Newtonian": Newtonian aberration ♦ Newtonian fluid ♦ newtonian force ♦ newtonian liquid ♦ Newtonian manifestation ♦ newtonian mechanics ♦ newtonian philosophy ♦ newtonian potential ♦ newtonian reflector ♦ newtonian telescope ♦ newtonian theory of light ♦ newtonian viscosity. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "Newtonian": anti-newtonian, non-Newtonian, post-newtonian, pre-newtonian. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fluid newtonian | 9 |
newtonian | 9 |
newtonian telescope | 8 |
newtonian reflector | 6 |
newtonian physics | 5 |
newtonian schmidt | 5 |
newtonian reflector telescope | 5 |
dobsonian newtonian | 4 |
newtonian mechanics | 4 |
10 inch newtonian | 2 |
newtonian paradigm | 2 |
dynamics modified newtonian | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Newtonian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | njutoni, pasues i njutoni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нютонов, последовател на нютон. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 牛顿 (Newton). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | newtonsk væske (newtonian liquid), Newton's ringe (chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration, Newton's colours), Newton vaesketilstand (Newtonian fluid), kromatisk aberration (chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration), ikke-newtonsk væske (non Newtonian liquid, non-Newtonian fluid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | niet-newtonse vloeistof (non Newtonian liquid), newton-vloeistof (Newtonian fluid), newtonse vloeistof (newtonian liquid), chromatische aberratie (chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Newtonin neste (Newtonian fluid), väripoikkeama (chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration), kromaattinen aberraatio (chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | viscosité normale (newtonian viscosity), viscosité newtonienne (Newtonian viscosity), liquide newtonien (Newtonian liquid), fluide non Newtonien (non Newtonian liquid), fluide newtonien (Newtonian fluid), chromatisme (Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration), aberration chromatique (Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration), écoulement newtonien (Newtonian flow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nicht-Newtonsche-Flüssigkeit (non Newtonian liquid), Newtonsche Fluessigkeit (newtonian liquid), Newton'sche Flüssigkeit (Newtonian fluid), Newton Aberration (chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration), Farbabweichung (chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration), chromatische Aberration (chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νεντώνιο υγρό (newtonian liquid), νευτώνιο ρευστό (Newtonian fluid), μη συνεκτικό ρευστό (Newtonian fluid), μη νευτώνειο ρευστό (non Newtonian liquid), χρωματικό σφάλμα του φακού (chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration), χρωματική εκτροπή (chromatic aberrance, chromatic aberration, color aberration, colour aberration, Newton aberration, Newtonian aberration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | newtoni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | niutoniano. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ニュートン力学 (New Brunswick, new business, new face, new fashion, new frontier, New Hampshire, new media, New Media Community, New Mexico, new mode, new music, new poor, new voice, New York, New York City, Newfoundland, Newtonian mechanics, The New York Times, The New Yorker, transsexual or transvestite performer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ニュートンりきがく (Newtonian mechanics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ewtoniannay tritão (merrily, triton). (various references) последователь ньютона. (various references) njutnov. (various references) newtoniano. (various references) newtonisk. (various references) newton (Newton). (various references) послідовник ньютона. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Newtonian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jewontin, meltonian, mertonian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-n-n-o-t-w" | |
-2 letters: enation. | |
-3 letters: anoint, eonian, innate, intone, intown, nannie, nation, newton, tannin, townie, wanion, wanton. | |
-4 letters: anent, anion, atone, entia, inane, ninon, niton, nonet, oaten, tawie, tenia, tenon, tinea, tonne, towie, twain, twine, witan. | |
-5 letters: aeon, anew, anon, ante, anti, enow, etna, into, iota, naoi, neat, neon, newt, nine, nite, nona, none, nota, note, nowt, tain, tine, toea, tone, town, twae, twin, wain, wait, wane, want, wean, went, wine, wino, wite, wont. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 77 74 6F 6E 69 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . .--. - --- -. .. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110111 01110100 01101111 01101110 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e w t o n i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0077 0074 006F 006E 0069 0061 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)487189868180756780 |
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