Simple Description

A unit to measure force in

Further Detail

1 Newton (1N) is equal to the force needed to accelerate a 1kg mass by 1 metre per second squared. If you know the acceleration of an object you can find the resultant force on it using the equation F=ma.

Related Words:

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• Resultant force
• N
• Force

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