newtonian mechanics

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   the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion

   Synonymsclassical mechanics

   Broadermechanics

Questions about newtonian mechanics

What does newtonian mechanics mean?

newtonian mechanics means "the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion".

What is another word for newtonian mechanics?

Close synonyms include classical mechanics. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is newtonian mechanics a common word?

newtonian mechanics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.