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newton's second law

 

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Noun newton's second law has 1 sense
  1. second law of motion, Newton's second law of motion, Newton's second law - the rate of change of momentum is proportional to the imposed force and goes in the direction of the force
    --1 is a kind of Newton's law of motion, Newton's law, law of motion

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Newton's Second Law

Definition:

Newton's Second Law, also known as the law of motion, states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force applied to it and inversely proportional to its mass.

Senses:

Sense 1:

Noun - The scientific principle formulated by Sir Isaac Newton, explaining the relationship between a body's mass, acceleration, and the force acting upon it.

Example: According to Newton's Second Law, the acceleration of a car is determined by the ratio of the applied force to the car's mass.

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