1. English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727); [syn: Newton, Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Sir Isaac Newton
n 1: English mathematician and physicist; remembered for
developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and
his three laws of motion (1642-1727) [syn: Newton, Isaac
Newton, Sir Isaac Newton]