Newton most commonly refers to:
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Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton () was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment that followed ...
(1642–1726/1727), English scientist
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Newton (unit)
The newton (symbol: N) is the unit of force in the International System of Units (SI). Expressed in terms of SI base units, it is 1 kg⋅m/s2, the force that accelerates a mass of one kilogram at one metre per second squared.
The unit ...
, SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton
Newton may also refer to:
People
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Newton (surname), including a list of people with the surname
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Newton (given name), including a list of people with the given name
Arts and entertainment
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''Newton'' (film), a 2017 Indian film
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Newton (band)
Newton is a Spanish band, famous for their song "Streamline". It was composed of the members J. J. Verdu, Juan Carlos Pla and José Vicente Molla. Their style was mákina, an electronic music style very famous in Spain during the 1990s. The band ...
, Spanish electronic music group
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''Newton'' (Blake), a print by William Blake
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''Newton'' (Paolozzi), a 1995 bronze sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi
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Cecil Newton (''Coronation Street''), a character in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''
* Curtis Newton, "real" name of pulp magazine character
Captain Future
Captain Future is a Pulp magazine, pulp science fiction hero – a space-traveling scientist and adventurer – originally published in the United States in Captain Future (magazine), his namesake pulp magazine from 1940 to 1944. The character w ...
* George Newton, a character in the film series ''
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...
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Newton Gearloose, a Disney character, nephew of Gyro Gearloose
* Newton, a character in ''
The Mighty Hercules
''The Mighty Hercules'' is an animated television series based loosely on the Greek mythology character of Heracles, under his Roman name Hercules. It debuted on television in 1963. The show ran until 1966, coinciding with the sword-and-sandal ge ...
'' animated series
Places
Australia
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Newton, South Australia
Newton is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, situated in the Adelaide foothills northeast of the city centre. The area features a significant population of people of Italian people, Italian origin. Part of City of Campbelltown, South Austr ...
Canada
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Newton, Edmonton
Newton is a residential neighbourhood located in north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by Alberta (118) Avenue, on the north by the Yellowhead Trail, on the east by 50 Street, and on the west by 58 Stre ...
, Alberta
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Newton, Surrey, British Columbia
Ireland
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Newtown Cunningham
Newtown Cunningham, usually spelt Newtowncunningham or abbreviated to Newton (), is a village and townland in the Laggan district in the east of County Donegal, Ireland. It is located on the N13 road (Ireland), N13 road east of Letterkenny and ...
, County Donegal, a village, called Newton for short
New Zealand
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Newton, New Zealand
Newton is a small suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, under the local governance of the Auckland Council.
Since the construction of the Central Motorway Junction in 1965–75, Newton has been divided into two parts, and as a result, lost much ...
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Newton (New Zealand electorate), a 19th-century parliamentary constituency in Auckland
Singapore
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Newton, Singapore
Newton is a town that is located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The planning area is bounded by the following planning areas - Orchard and Museum to the south, Tanglin to the west, Novena to the north, Kallang to ...
United Kingdom
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List of places called Newton in the United Kingdom
Places in the United Kingdom having "Newton" in their name include:
England
* Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire
* Newton Blossomville, Buckinghamshire
* Newton, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire
* Newton-in-the-Isle, Isle of Ely, Cambridge ...
United States
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Newton, Alabama
Newton is a town in Dale County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census its population was 1,511. Once the county seat of Dale County, Newton lost this distinction to nearby Ozark in 1870, and is now a small farming community. It incorporat ...
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Newton County, Arkansas
Newton County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 7,225. The county seat is Jasper, Arkansas, Jasper. Newton County is Arkansas's 46th county, ...
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Newton, Georgia
Newton is a city in Baker County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 602. The city is the county seat of Baker County.
History
Newton was founded in 1837. That same year, the seat o ...
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Newton County, Georgia
Newton County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 112,483. The county seat is Covington. Newton County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA ...
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Newton, Illinois
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,777 at the 2020 census. Newton is home to a large coal-fired power plant operated by ''Illinois Power Generating Co'' and is close to Newto ...
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Newton County, Indiana
Newton County is a county located near the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 13,830. This county is part of Northwest Indiana as well as the Chicago metropolitan area. The county seat is Kentl ...
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Newton, Wabash County, Indiana
Newton is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Township, Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan ...
, an unincorporated community
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Newton, Iowa
Newton is the county seat of, and most populous city in, Jasper County, Iowa, United States. Located east of Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines, Newton is in Central Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the city population was 15,760 ...
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Newton, Kansas
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 18,602. Newton is located north of Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. The city of North ...
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Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located roughly west of Downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of ...
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Newton, Mississippi, a city
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Newton County, Mississippi
Newton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,291. Its county seat is Decatur.
History
The land that would become Newton County was purchased from the Choctaw under the t ...
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Newton County, Missouri
Newton County is a County (United States), county located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 58,648. Its county seat is Neosho, Missouri, Neosho. The coun ...
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Newton, New Hampshire
Newton is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,820 at the 2020 census.
History
The sixth town to be granted from the Masonian land purchase of 1746, Newton was originally part of Salisbury, Massac ...
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Newton, New Jersey
Newton, officially the ''Town of Newton'', is an Local government in the United States, incorporated municipality in and the county seat of Sussex County, New Jersey, Sussex County[Newton, North Carolina
Newton is a city in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, the city had a population of 12,968. It is the county seat of Catawba County. Newton is part of the Hickory, North Carolina, Hicko ...]
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Newton, Texas, a city
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Newton County, Texas
Newton County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,217. Its county seat is Newton. The county is named for John Newton, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.
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Newton, Utah, a town
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Newton, Washington, an unincorporated community
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Newton, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
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Newton, Wisconsin (disambiguation) Newton is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:
*Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, a town
**Newton (community), Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
**Newtonburg, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
*Newt ...
, several places
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Newton Township (disambiguation) Newton Township may refer to:
Arkansas
* Newton Township Faulkner County, Arkansas, in Faulkner County, Arkansas
Illinois
* Newton Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
Indiana
* Newton Township, Jasper County, Indiana
Iowa
* Newton Town ...
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Science and technology
Astronomy
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8000 Isaac Newton, a minor planet
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Newton (lunar crater)
Newton is a lunar impact crater located near the south limb of the Moon. It is south-southwest of the crater Moretus. To the northeast is Short, and in the northwest are Casatus and Klaproth. Because of its location, the crater appears highl ...
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Newton (Martian crater)
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XMM-Newton
''XMM-Newton'', also known as the High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission, is an X-ray space observatory launched by the European Space Agency in December 1999 on an Ariane 5 rocket. It is the second corners ...
, an orbiting X-ray observatory
Computing
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Apple Newton
The Newton is a specified standard and series of personal digital assistants (PDAs) developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple Computer, Inc. from 1993 to 1998. An early device in the PDA categorythe term itself originating with the Newtonit w ...
, a series of personal digital assistants by Apple Computer, Inc.
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Newton OS
''Newton OS'' is a discontinued operating system for the Apple Newton PDAs produced by Apple Computer, Inc. between 1993 and 1997. It was written entirely in C++ and trimmed to be low power consuming and use the available memory efficiently. Ma ...
, an operating system for the Apple Newton
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Newton (app)
Newton is an email management application for iOS, Android (operating system), Android, MacOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows and ChromeOS developed by CloudMagic, Inc. The application is known for its searching capabilities, cross-platform abilities ...
, an email management application developed by CloudMagic, Inc.
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Newton Game Dynamics, a free physics engine for simulating rigid bodies in games
Other uses in science
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Newton scale
The Newton scale is a temperature scale devised by Isaac Newton in 1701. He called his device a "thermometer", but he did not use the term "temperature", speaking of "degrees of heat" () instead. Newton's publication represents the first attempt t ...
, temperature scale devised by Isaac Newton
Other uses
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Hurricane Newton, various tropical cyclones
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Mount Newton (Yukon), a mountain in Canada
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Newton Station (disambiguation) Newton Station may refer to:
*Newton station (Kansas), an Amtrak station in Newton, Kansas, US
*Newton station (Mississippi), a historic train station in Newton, Mississippi, US
*Newton railway station, a railway station located in Greater Glasgow, ...
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Newton Vineyard, a wine estate in California, United States
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Newtons (cookie), most prominently Fig Newtons, a Nabisco version of the fig roll
See also
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New Town (disambiguation)
A new town is a generic name for a planned community, or a planned expansion of a community.
New Town may also refer to:
Music
* ''New Town'' (Jandek album)
* ''New Town'' (Koop Arponen album)
Places Australia
* New Town, South Australia, ...
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Newtown (disambiguation) Newtown may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Newtown, New South Wales
*Newtown, Queensland (Ipswich)
*Newtown, Queensland (Toowoomba)
*Newtown, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong
*Newtown, Victoria (Golden Plains Shire), a locality near Ballarat
Canada
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Newtonville (disambiguation)
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The Newton Letter'' by John Banville, first published in 1982
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