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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • non-New·toni·an adjective noun
  • post-New·toni·an adjective
  • pre-New·toni·an adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Newtonian1

First recorded in 1705–15; Newton + -ian
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Example Sentences

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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