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Newton's second law comparison table

Subject	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
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 second law	Newton's law of motion		Newton's law which states that the net force on a body is equal to the product of its mass and its acceleration.

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