law of motion

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Definition of law of motion - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

physics

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one of three basic principles in classical mechanics

TECH.

Newton's first law of motion explains inertia.
The law of motion is fundamental in engineering calculations.
Students learn the law of motion in their first physics class.

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first law of motion

body remains at rest or keeps steady velocity unless net force acts

The first law of motion is introduced early in basic physics.

Newton's law of motion

one of three basic laws of motion

Newton's law of motion explains why the car stopped.

second law of motion

states force equals mass times acceleration

According to the second law of motion, force equals mass times acceleration.

third law of motion

Newton's principle that forces occur in equal and opposite pairs

The third law of motion explains rocket propulsion.

Newton's first law of motion

object stays at rest or moves uniformly unless acted upon

According to Newton's first law of motion, the book will not move.

Newton's third law of motion

for every action there is an equal reaction

Newton's third law of motion explains why rockets propel forward in space.

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French:loi du mouvement, ...
German:Bewegungsgesetz, ...
Italian:legge del moto, ...
Spanish:ley de movimiento, ...
Portuguese:lei do movimento, ...
Chinese:运动定律, ...
Japanese:運動の法則, ...
Arabic:قَانُون الحَرَكَة, ...
Hebrew:חוֹק תְּנוּעָה, ...
Russian:закон движения, ...
Ukrainian:закон руху, ...
Hindi:गति का नियम, ...
Bengali:গতিসূত্র, ...
Catalan:llei del moviment, ...
Czech:zákon pohybu, ...
Danish:bevægelseslov, ...
Dutch:bewegingswet, ...
Greek:νόμος κίνησης, ...
Hungarian:mozgástörvény, ...
Khmer:ច្បាប់ចលនា, ...
Korean:운동 법칙, ...
Persian:قانون حرکت, ...
Polish:zasada dynamiki, ...
Portuguese (BR):lei do movimento, ...
Romanian:legea mișcării, ...
Swedish:rörelselag, ...
Thai:กฎการเคลื่อนที่, ...
Turkish:hareket yasası, ...
Vietnamese:định luật chuyển động, ...

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