“Newton's”

The following 2 entries include the term Newton's.

Newton's law of cooling

noun

: a statement in physics: the rate at which an exposed body changes temperature through radiation is approximately proportional to the difference between its temperature and that of its surroundings

Newton's rings

noun plural

: colored rings due to light interference that are seen about the contact of a convex lens with a plane surface or of two lenses differing in curvature


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