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NEWTONIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A follower of Isaac Newton
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Newtonian" is a kind of...):
follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)
Derivation:
Newtonian (of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science
Example:
Newtonian physics
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Newton (English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727))
Derivation:
Newton (English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727))
Newtonian (a follower of Isaac Newton)
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