Newtonian Mechanics (Noun)
Meaning
The branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The physicist spent most of her career studying Newtonian mechanics and its applications to celestial motion.
- Newtonian mechanics is still widely used today to describe the motion of macroscopic objects, such as projectiles and vehicles.
- The textbook covered the basics of Newtonian mechanics, including kinematics and dynamics, in its first few chapters.
- Before the development of quantum mechanics and relativity, Newtonian mechanics was the dominant paradigm in physics.
- The students struggled to reconcile the concepts of Newtonian mechanics with the strange phenomena observed in atomic physics experiments.