Newton
English scientific surname
Newton primarily refers to Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and physicist who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
His name has become synonymous with scientific genius: He's no Newton, but he's competent.
Newton is also a common surname and place name, including cities in Massachusetts, Kansas, and Iowa. (Lowercase newton is the unit of force.)
UK's national science academy
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
- mathematicianProfessional in abstract quantities
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- polymathMulti-domain expert
knighthood · Westminster Abbey · Halley · rivalry · apple tree · Trinity College · chronology · principia
Mutual pull between masses
- attractionPull toward something
- forceStrength or compulsion
- massQuantity of matter
- orbitCurved celestial path
weight · fall · acceleration · universal · apple · spacetime · tides · freefall
Resistance to altered motion
- forceStrength or compulsion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- actionProcess of doing
reaction · mass · motion · equilibrium · dynamics · kinematics · vector · mechanics
Light-splitting optical element
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- refractionWave bending between media
- colorVisual hue property
corpuscles · white light · dispersion · rays · lens · rainbow · wavelength · visible spectrum
Moving downward freely
- treeWoody perennial plant
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
discovery · gravity · observation · garden · myth · epiphany
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- occultConcealed from view
- esotericAccessible to few
elixir · quintessence · crucible · magnum opus · mercury · sulfur · laboratory · gold
Fruit tree plantation
Recognizing meaningful differences
- integrationCombining into a whole
- infinitesimalQuantity approaching zero
- limitsImposed maximum points
- derivativesThings derived from another
Leibniz · notation · tangent · rate of change · series · continuous · functions · variables
Royal Society
UK's national science academy
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
- mathematicianProfessional in abstract quantities
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
polymath · knighthood · Westminster Abbey · Halley · rivalry · apple tree · Trinity College · chronology · principia · laws of motion
gravitation
Mutual pull between masses
- attractionPull toward something
- forceStrength or compulsion
- massQuantity of matter
orbit · weight · fall · acceleration · universal · apple · spacetime · tides · freefall · planets
inertia
Resistance to altered motion
- forceStrength or compulsion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
action · reaction · mass · motion · equilibrium · dynamics · kinematics · vector · mechanics · impulse
prism
Light-splitting optical element
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- refractionWave bending between media
color · corpuscles · white light · dispersion · rays · lens · rainbow · wavelength · visible spectrum · sunlight
falling
Moving downward freely
- treeWoody perennial plant
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
anecdote · discovery · gravity · observation · garden · myth · epiphany
transmutation
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- occultConcealed from view
esoteric · elixir · quintessence · crucible · magnum opus · mercury · sulfur · laboratory · gold · transformation
orchard
Fruit tree plantation
differentiation
Recognizing meaningful differences
- integrationCombining into a whole
- infinitesimalQuantity approaching zero
- limitsImposed maximum points
derivatives · Leibniz · notation · tangent · rate of change · series · continuous · functions · variables · theorem
Massachusetts
Northeastern colonial state
town · suburb · municipality
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
- British IconsShakespeare, Churchill, Darwin, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria
- classical physicslaws of motion, force, gravity, inertia, momentum
- math historyEuclid, Pythagoras, Leibniz, Euler, Gauss
- Science Historyscientific revolution, natural philosophy, scientific method, scientific journals, Royal Society
- 17th Century FiguresOliver Cromwell, Louis XIV, Rene Descartes, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer
NewtonEinstein
Byword for genius
Heisenberg · quantum mechanics · relativity · Schrödinger · modern physics
NewtonWilliam Blake
Goethe · mystics · romantics · obscurantism · irrationalism
- Isaac NewtonLaws of motion formulator
- Newton's lawsThree motion axioms
- fig newtonFruit-filled pastry bar
- Olivia Newton-John
- Newton's first lawObjects keep their velocity
- Newtonian physicsTraditional laws of motion