This page documents an OPTIMADE Unit Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.
ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/named/newton
Definition name: newton
Unit name: newton
Latin symbol: N
Display symbol: N
Description: A derived SI unit for force and weight equal to kg·m·s⁻² in the 1960 SI base units.
"The newton is the force that, in one second, imparts to a mass equal to one kilogram an increase in speed of one meter per second." [9th CGPM meeting in 1946]
Resources:
JSON definition:
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"title": "newton",
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"description": "A derived SI unit for force and weight equal to kg\u00b7m\u00b7s\u207b\u00b2 in the 1960 SI base units.\n\n\"The newton is the force that, in one second, imparts to a mass equal to one kilogram an increase in speed of one meter per second.\" [9th CGPM meeting in 1946]\n",
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"relation": "Definition at the 9th CGPM meeting (1948)",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/9-1948"
},
{
"relation": "Definition and establishment of the SI unit system at the 11th CGPM meeting (1960), resolution 12.",
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},
{
"relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
"resource-id": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(unit)"
}
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"symbol": "kg",
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},
{
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"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/metre"
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{
"symbol": "s",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1960/base/second"
}
],
"base-units-expression": "kg*m*s^-2"
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