newton
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English Neweton, from Old English nēowa tūn (“new town”). Compare same construction in Italian Napoli (“Naples”) and in Arabic نَابُلُس (nābulus, “Nablus”). The unexpected Early Modern pronunciation with /ɛʊ̯/, as securely attested in Richard Hodges' 1644 English Primrose and confirmed by obsolete Welsh Newtwnn, is due to trisyllabic shortening in Old English nēowa tūn or Middle English Neweton.
Definitions
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force
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.
- Holonyms: kilonewton < meganewton < giganewton < teranewton < petanewton < exanewton < zettanewton < yottanewton
- Meronyms: piconewton < nanonewton < micronewton < millinewton
A cookie consisting of fruit paste in a sheath of pastry dough.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:newton.
The name of many English-speaking places, including
The name of many English-speaking places, including:
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A habitational surname for someone from any of these places.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at newton. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at newton. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at newton
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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