newton's third law of motion

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   action and reaction are equal and opposite

   Synonymsthird law of motionNewton's third lawlaw of action and reaction

   BroaderNewton's law of motion

Questions about newton's third law of motion

What does newton's third law of motion mean?

newton's third law of motion means "action and reaction are equal and opposite".

What is another word for newton's third law of motion?

Close synonyms include third law of motion, Newton's third law, law of action and reaction. 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 newton's third law of motion a common word?

newton's third law of motion 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.