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Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a " natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the g ...
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Newton (unit) The newton (symbol: N) is the unit of force in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined as 1 kg⋅m/s, the force which gives a mass of 1 kilogram an acceleration of 1 metre per second per second. It is named after Isaac Newton in ...
, SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton Newton may also refer to:


Arts and entertainment

* ''Newton'' (film), a 2017 Indian film *
Newton (band) Newton is a Spanish band, famous for their song " Streamline". It was composed of the members J.J. Verdu and José Vicente Molla. Their style was mákina, an electronic music style very famous in Spain during the 1990s. The band also made music u ...
, Spanish electronic music group * ''Newton'' (Blake), a print by William Blake * ''Newton'' (Paolozzi), a 1995 bronze sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi * 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 science fiction hero — a space-traveling scientist and adventurer —originally published in his namesake pulp magazine from 1940 to 1944. The character was created by editors Mort Weisinger and Leo Margulies. The ma ...
* George Newton, a character in the film series ''
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...
'' * 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 g ...
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People

* Newton (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Newton (given name), including a list of people with the given name


Places


Australia

* Newton, South Australia


Canada

* Newton, Edmonton, Alberta *
Newton, Surrey Newton is a town centre of the city in Surrey, British Columbia. It is the location for the previous Surrey City Hall and Courthouse, a local Surrey Public Library branch, and a Kwantlen Polytechnic University campus. The studios of radio statio ...
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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. It had a population of 1,641 in the 2013 census. Since the construction of the Central Motorway Junction in 1965–75, Newton has been divi ...
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Newton (New Zealand electorate) Newton was a 19th-century parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand. It existed from 1861 to 1893 and was represented by seven Members of Parliament. History Newton existed from 1861 to 1893. It was created for the 3rd New Zealand Par ...
, a 19th-century parliamentary constituency in Auckland


Singapore

* Newton, Singapore


United Kingdom

* List of places called Newton in the United Kingdom


United States

* Newton, Alabama *
Newton County, Arkansas Newton County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,330. The county seat is Jasper. Newton County is Arkansas's 46th county, formed on December 14, 1842, and named for Thomas W. Newton, an Arka ...
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Newton, Georgia Newton is a city in Baker County, Georgia, United States. As of the 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 of Baker County was transfer ...
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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, G ...
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Newton, Illinois Newton is a city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,849 at the 2010 census, down from 3,069 at the 2000 census. Newton is home to a large coal-fired power plant operated by Illinois Power Gener ...
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Newton, Indiana Newton is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Newton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 ...
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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 2010, the population was 14,244. This county is part of Northwest Indiana as well as the Chicago metropolitan area. The county seat is Kent ...
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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 in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 ...
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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, Newton is in Central Iowa. As of the 2020 Census, the city population was 15,760. It is the home of Iowa Speedway, Maytag Da ...
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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 census, the population of the city was 18,602. Newton is located north of Wichita. The city of North Newton is located immediately north and e ...
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Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Ne ...
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Newton, Mississippi Newton is a city in Newton County, Mississippi. The population was 3,195 in the 2020 census. Geography Newton is located south of I-20 and U.S. Route 80 approximately 25 miles west of Meridian in south central Newton County. Potterchitto Creek fl ...
* Newton County, Mississippi *
Newton County, Missouri Newton County is a county located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 58,114. Its county seat is Neosho. The county was organized in 1838 and is named in honor of John Newton, a h ...
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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, Massachu ...
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Newton, New Jersey Newton, officially the ''Town of Newton'', is an Local government in the United States, incorporated municipality located in Sussex County, New Jersey, Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is situated approximately by road northwe ...
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Newton, North Carolina Newton is a city in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 12,968. It is the county seat of Catawba County. Newton is part of the Hickory– Lenoir– Morganton Metropolitan Statistical ...
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Newton, Texas Newton is a city in and the county seat of Newton County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,633 at the 2020 census. History Both Newton County and its county seat, Newton, were named after John Newton, a supposed hero of the American R ...
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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. Newton County i ...
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Newton, Utah Newton is a town in Cache County, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1869 by pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The population was 789 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Sta ...
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Newton, Washington Newton is an unincorporated community in Grays Harbor County, in the U.S. state of Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal gove ...
* Newton, Wisconsin (disambiguation) *
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 T ...


Science and technology


Astronomy

* 8000 Isaac Newton, a minor planet *
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 hi ...
* Newton (Martian crater) *
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 cornerst ...
, an orbiting X-ray observatory


Computing

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Apple Newton The Newton is a series of personal digital assistants (PDAs) developed and marketed by Apple Computer, Inc. An early device in the PDA category (the Newton originated the term), it was the first to feature handwriting recognition. Apple started ...
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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. Man ...
, an operating system for the Apple Newton * Newton (app), an email management application developed by CloudMagic, Inc. *
Newton Game Dynamics Newton Game Dynamics is an open-source physics engine for realistically simulating rigid bodies in games and other real-time applications. Its solver is deterministic and not based on traditional LCP or iterative methods. Newton Game Dynamic ...
, a free physics engine for simulating rigid bodies in games


Other uses in science

* Newton scale, temperature scale devised by Isaac Newton


Other uses

* Hurricane Newton, various tropical cyclones *
Newton Station (disambiguation) Newton Station may refer to: * Newton station (Kansas), an Amtrak station in Newton, Kansas, USA * Newton station (Mississippi), a historic train station in Newton, Mississippi, USA *Newton railway station, a railway station located between the town ...
* Newton Vineyard, a wine estate in California, United States * 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: Town planning *New town (Alberta), a former municipal status in Alberta, Canada, from 1956 *New towns of Hong Kong, since ...
* Newtown (disambiguation) *
Newtonville (disambiguation) Newtonville may refer to: Places Canada * Newtonville, Ontario United States * Newtonville, Indiana * Newtonville, Massachusetts, one of thirteen villages in Newton, Massachusetts ** Newtonville (MBTA station) * Newtonville, New Jersey * Newton ...
* '' The Newton Letter'' by John Banville, first published in 1982 {{Disambiguation, geo