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non-Newˈtonian, a.
[non- 3.]
Not Newtonian, in sense 1 of the adj.; used esp. in connection with the flow of fluids (see quot. 1937).
1913Phil. Mag. XXV. 157 The Einstein transformation equations, and the other principles of non-Newtonian mechanics. 1937Rep. Progress Physics III. 22 It is rather with impure liquids, semi-liquids and semi-solids, that we have to deal in every-day life. Of these a large proportion may be described as ‘non-Newtonian’, i.e. the rate of shear is not proportional to the shearing stress, and they do not obey Poiseuille's or Stokes's law. 1943Amer. Speech XVIII. 220 We are..on the threshold, he says, of a third stage: the ‘non-aristotelian’, non-Euclidean, non-Newtonian stage. The complete revolution Einstein has produced in physics is only part of a general revolution that must eventually affect all human knowledge. 1946Nature 17 Aug. 245/1 The measurement of viscosity of non-Newtonian liquids. 1971Biorheology VIII. 79 The ‘overall vicosity’..exhibited non-Newtonian behavior. |