Commonly Used Words. Arranged alphabetically, these sections include spelling, usage, punctuation and capitalization notes for specific words and phrases commonly used in the CSU. An entry without an explanation is simply to indicate the correct spelling of a word or words. A B-C D-F G-M N-S T-Z.
Noun. 1. Newton's first law of motion-a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force. first law of motion, Newton's first law. law of motion, Newton's law, Newton's law of motion-one of three basic laws of classical mechanics.
Newton's law of universal gravitation states that a particle attracts every other particle in the universe using a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers. This is a general physical law derived from empirical observations by what Isaac Newton called inductive reasoning. It is a part of classical mechanics and was formulated in Newton's work PhilosophiÃ¦ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ...