Newtonian

[ noo-toh-nee-uhn, nyoo- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Sir Isaac Newton or to his theories or discoveries:

   Newtonian physics.

Newtonian

/ njuːˈtəʊnɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or based on the theories of Sir Isaac Newton

Other Words From

• non-New·toni·an adjective noun
• post-New·toni·an adjective
• pre-New·toni·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Newtonian¹

First recorded in 1705–15; Newton + -ian

Example Sentences

As a result, quantum math does not describe a relentless cause-and-effect sequence of events as Newtonian science had insisted.

From Science News

Learning how the forces work will give you a leg-up in noseriding or provide you with an appreciation for the aesthetics of Newtonian law while watching the surfers from the beach.

From Popular-Science

However, there is a Newtonian opposite to the base, and it's called swing voters--wing voters vs. swing voters, if you will.

From The Daily Beast

This is not to suggest that Romney should aspire to megalomania of Newtonian proportions.

From The Daily Beast

In the Newtonian world, people only care about what he says; the rules are to be followed by the rest of us.

From The Daily Beast

Remember the Newtonian rule of power politics: for every interest that wants X, there is an opposing interest that wants Not X.

From The Daily Beast

But they wanted to get a better view of the heavens—a view through a Newtonian reflecting-telescope.

From Project Gutenberg

It embodied a fine attempt "to explain the constitution and mechanical origin of the universe on Newtonian principles."

From Project Gutenberg

But the evil doesn't come from the fact that it plays horse with the Newtonian theory of the constitution.

From Project Gutenberg

The paper was declined with thanks by that bigoted body 'as opposed to Newtonian astronomy.'

From Project Gutenberg

The objection that the Newtonian law meant ultimate dissolution of the world was thus destroyed by Laplace.

From Project Gutenberg