Newton's third law Comparison Table

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Newton's third law comparison table

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Newton's law of motion law One of three laws describing the motion of bodies based on the conception of an absolute and immutable space and time; these laws held sway until Einstein's discovery of special relativity.

Newton's third law Newton's law of motion Newton's law which states that when two bodies interact, the force on the first due to the second is equal and opposite to the force on the second due to the first.

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Newton's law of motion		law	One of three laws describing the motion of bodies based on the conception of an absolute and immutable space and time; these laws held sway until Einstein's discovery of special relativity.
Newton's third law	Newton's law of motion		Newton's law which states that when two bodies interact, the force on the first due to the second is equal and opposite to the force on the second due to the first.

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