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SIR ISAAC NEWTON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
Synonyms:
Isaac Newton; Newton; Sir Isaac Newton
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Instance hypernyms:
mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)