Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton |
2. | newton - a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes Synonyms: N |
1. | Newton - (Named after Isaac Newton (1642-1727)). Rapin et al, Swiss
Federal Inst Tech, Lausanne 1981. General purpose expression
language, syntactically ALGOL-like, with object-oriented and
functional features and a rich set of primitives for
concurrency. Used for undergraduate teaching at Lausanne
(EPFL). Versions: Newton 2.6 for VAX/VMS and Newton 1.2 for DEC-Alpha/OSF-1. E-mail: J. Hulaas ["Procedural Objects in Newton", Ch. Rapin, SIGPLAN Notices 24(9) (Sep 1989)]. ["The Newton Language", Ch. Rapin et al, SIGPLAN Notices 16(8):31-40 (Aug 1981)]. ["Programming in Newton", Wuetrich and Menu, EPFL 1982]. | ||
2. | Newton - Apple Newton. |