newtonian : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion
  classical mechanics.
  

WordNet

• the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; applied to the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's "Principia," to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theories of Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematical theory of universal gravitation.

Webster 1913

• noun reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis
  Newtonian reflector.
  

WordNet

• noun reflecting telescope in which the image is viewed through an eyepiece perpendicular to main axis
  Newtonian reflector.
  

WordNet

• (Astron.), a reflecting telescope, in which rays from the large speculum are received by a plane mirror placed diagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrown at right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image is formed and viewed through the eyeplace.

Webster 1913

• . See Note under Light.

Webster 1913