NEWTONIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Newtonian mean? 

• NEWTONIAN (noun)
  The noun NEWTONIAN has 1 sense:

1. a follower of Isaac Newton

  Familiarity information: NEWTONIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• NEWTONIAN (adjective)
  The adjective NEWTONIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science

  Familiarity information: NEWTONIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEWTONIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A follower of Isaac Newton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

• NEWTONIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Newtonian physics

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)

 Context examples 

It displays Newtonian or pseudoplastic flow behavior.

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