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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Newtonian  \New*to"ni*an\,  n. 
  A  follower  of  Newton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Newtonian  \New*to"ni*an\,  a. 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Newtonian 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  or  inspired  by  Sir  Isaac  Newton  or  his 
  science;  "Newtonian  physics"  [syn:  {Newtonian}] 
  n  :  a  follower  of  Isaac  Newton  [syn:  {Newtonian}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  NEWTONIAN,  adj  Pertaining  to  a  philosophy  of  the  universe  invented 
  by  Newton,  who  discovered  that  an  apple  will  fall  to  the  ground,  but 
  was  unable  to  say  why.  His  successors  and  disciples  have  advanced  so 
  far  as  to  be  able  to  say  when 
 
 




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