Newton

Newton

Newton is a contraction of "New Town", the name of many places in English-speaking countries. It may refer to:

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Science and technology

  • Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton
  • Newton scale, temperature scale devised by Isaac Newton
  • XMM-Newton, orbiting X-ray observatory named after Isaac Newton
  • Newton (platform), a hardware/software platform developed by Apple, Inc.
  • Newton OS, an operating system for the Apple Newton
  • Newton Game Dynamics, a free physics engine for simulating rigid bodies in games and other real-time applications

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  • Newton (Blake), a print by William Blake
  • Newton (band), Spanish electronic music group
  • Newton Vineyard, Californian wine estate partially owned by LVMH
  • Newton, a centaur sidekick to Hercules in The Mighty Hercules animated series
  • edit] See also
    • Newtown (disambiguation)
    • New Town (disambiguation)
    • Newtonville (disambiguation)
    • Fig Newton

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  • Newton OS — Company / developer Apple Inc. Working state Historic Source model Closed source …   Wikipedia

  • Newton — bezeichnet: Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727), britischer Physiker – dort auch zu Nachbenennung Newton (Familienname) – weitere Namensträger siehe dort Newton (Toponym), zahlreiche Siedlungen und andere geografische Objekte, sowie astronomische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • NEWTON (I.) — L’œuvre de Newton constitue sans conteste le plus grand moment de la science moderne telle qu’elle s’est constituée après la Renaissance; elle couronne les travaux exceptionnellement riches d’une pléiade de mathématiciens et de physiciens de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Newton — Newton, NJ U.S. town in New Jersey Population (2000): 8244 Housing Units (2000): 3425 Land area (2000): 3.097314 sq. miles (8.022006 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.005567 sq. miles (0.014419 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.102881 sq. miles (8.036425… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • newton — [ njutɔn ] n. m. • v. 1950; n. pr. ♦ Métrol. Unité de mesure de force (symb. N), correspondant à une accélération de 1 m/s2 communiquée à une masse de 1 kg. Newton mètre : unité de mesure de moment d une force (symb. Nm). ● newton nom masculin… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • newton — NEWTON, newtoni, s.m. Unitate de măsură pentru forţă în sistemul de unităţi metru kilogram secundă, egală cu forţa care imprimă unui corp de 1 kg o acceleraţie de 1 m pe secundă. [pr.: nĩúton] – Din fr. newton, germ. Newton. Trimis de ana zecheru …   Dicționar Român

  • Newton [1] — Newton (spr. Njut n), 1) Stadt in der englischen Grafschaft Cheshire an der Liverpool Manchester Eisenbahn, in welche hier die Grand Junction Bahn einmündet; Talico , Seiden u. Baumwollenmanufacturen, Chemische Fabriken; 6000 Ew.; 2) Ort auf der… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Newton OS — операционная система для Apple Newton PDA, который выпускался компанией Apple в 1993 1997 годах. Newton OS была полностью написана на С++. Отличалась низким потреблением электроэнергии и продуктивным использованием доступной оперативной памяти,… …   Википедия

  • Newton OS — Newton OS,   das Betriebssystem zu den Newton Modellen von Apple (Newton) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Newton, AL — U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 1708 Housing Units (2000): 790 Land area (2000): 14.296976 sq. miles (37.028997 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.028413 sq. miles (0.073590 sq. km) Total area (2000): 14.325389 sq. miles (37.102587 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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