Meaning and Origin
What does the name Newton mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Cyprus says the name Newton means "The prefix - ton means town. (Middleton, Middle Town. Weston, West Town.) So Newton Literally means 'New Town'".
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Newton is of English origin and means "Of the new town".
- English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
- A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes
Named after the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton.
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N.
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