Thesaurus: newtonian

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1. a. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries.
2. n. A follower of Newton.
3. adj. of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science
4. n. a follower of Isaac Newton
5. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries. 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. A follower of Newton.
6. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries.Newtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- appliedto the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's "Principia,"to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theoriesof Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematicaltheory of universal gravitation.-- Newtonian telescope (Astron.), a reflecting telescope, in whichrays from the large speculum are received by a plane mirror placeddiagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrownat right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image isformed and viewed through the eyeplace.-- Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light.
7. j:91/n:9 n. a follower of Isaac Newton a. of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science