newton-meter

newton-meter
A unit of the MKS system, expressed as energy expended, or work done, by a force of 1 N acting through a distance of 1 m; equal to 1 J = 107 ergs.

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  • newton — [no͞ot′ n, nyo͞ot′ n] n. [after NEWTON2 Sir Isaac] the basic unit of force in the SI and MKS systems, equal to the force which imparts to a mass of one kilogram an acceleration of one meter per second per second: abbrev. N …   English World dictionary

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