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Niú dùn

Newton (name) / Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist

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Original source entry:

牛頓牛顿 [Niu2 dun4] /Newton (name)/Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist/

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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT

newton (SI unit of force)

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Original source entry:

牛頓牛顿 [niu2 dun4] /newton (SI unit of force)/

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Other forms in these source records: 牛頓

牛
niú
ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiáo],頭|头[tóu] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niú dùn]) / (slang) awesome
Niú
surname Niu
顿
dùn
to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

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