牛頓

简 牛顿 · 繁 牛頓
Mandarin · pinyin niú dùn#

Meanings · niú dùn

  1. newton (SI unit of force)
Mandarin · pinyin Niú dùn#

Meanings · Niú dùn

  1. Newton (name)
  2. Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
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牛
niú · cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)
頓
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顿
dùn · pause, stop; bow, kowtow; arrange
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2–4 · niu2 dun4

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name

  1. a transliteration of the English surname Newton
  2. a transliteration of the English surname Newton — Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, theologian and natural philosopher

classifier

  1. (physics) newton (force unit)

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牛頓 · niu2 dun4 · Niu2 dun4
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Exact source records牛頓 牛顿 [niu2 dun4] /newton (SI unit of force)/牛頓 牛顿 [Niu2 dun4] /Newton (name)/Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist/