newtonian

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newtonian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Newtonian \New*to"ni*an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries.
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     Newtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton;
        -- applied to the doctrine of the universe as expounded in
        Newton's "Principia," to the modern or experimental
        philosophy (as opposed to the theories of Descartes and
        others), and, most frequently, to the mathematical theory
        of universal gravitation.
  
     Newtonian telescope (Astron.), a reflecting telescope, in
        which rays from the large speculum are received by a plane
        mirror placed diagonally in the axis, and near the open
        end of the tube, and thrown at right angles toward one
        side of the tube, where the image is formed and viewed
        through the eyeplace.
  
     Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light.
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  Newtonian \New*to"ni*an\, n.
     A follower of Newton.
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newtonian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Newtonian
      adj 1: of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his
             science; "Newtonian physics"
      n 1: a follower of Isaac Newton