牛顿 (Niú dùn) — Newton (Isaac Newton, physicist); newton (unit of force)
Definition
A proper name referring to Sir Isaac Newton the physicist, or to the newton, the SI unit of force named after him. The sense in context is almost always determined by the surrounding words (e.g. 科学家 = the person, 力的单位 = the unit).
noun
Newton (Isaac Newton, physicist)newton (unit of force)
Examples
- 牛顿。Niú dùn Shì yí wèi wěi dà de kē xué jiā.Newton was a great scientist.
- 牛顿。Lì de dān wèi shì Niú dùn.The unit of force is the newton.
- 牛顿。Niú dùn Fā xiàn le wàn yǒu yǐn lì dìng lǜ.Newton discovered the law of universal gravitation.
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