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NEWTONIAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A follower of Isaac Newton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Newtonian" is a kind of...):

follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

Derivation:

Newtonian (of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science

Example:

Newtonian physics

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Newton (English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727))

Derivation:

Newton (English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727))

Newtonian (a follower of Isaac Newton)

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