English Words Starting With N

• newsreader

  nounB2
  /ˈnjuːzriːdə/A person who reads out news bulletins on television, radio, or other media.
• newsreel

  nounC1
  /ˈnjuːzriːl/A short film containing news stories and current events, shown in cinemas before the main feature in the pre‑television era.
• newsroom

  nounB2
  /ˈnjuːzruːm/The office or department in a newspaper, radio, or television station where news reports are written, edited, and prepared for publication or broadcast.
• newsstand

  nounB1
  /ˈnjuːzstænd/A stand, stall, or kiosk where newspapers, magazines, and sometimes other publications are sold.
• newsvendor

  nounC1
  /ˈnjuːzˌvendə/A person or business that sells newspapers and magazines, typically from a street stall or small shop.
• newsweekly

  nounC1
  /ˈnjuːzˌwiːkli/A periodical publication, such as a magazine, that is issued once a week and typically contains reports and analysis of current events.
• newswire

  nounB2
  /ˈnjuːzwaɪə/A service that transmits news stories, articles, and press releases electronically to subscribers (such as news organizations).
• newswoman

  nounMedium-Low
  /ˈnjuːzwʊmən/A woman who presents news programs on television, radio, or other media.
• newswriting

  nounC1
  /ˈnjuːzˌraɪtɪŋ/The activity or skill of writing news articles or reports for newspapers, magazines, or broadcast media.
• newt

  nounB2
  /njuːt/A small, semi-aquatic amphibian with smooth, moist skin, a long tail, and short legs, typically found in or near fresh water.
• newton

  nounLow
  /ˈnjuː.tən/The SI unit of force, defined as the force required to accelerate a one-kilogram mass by one metre per second squared.
• newton's cradle

  nounLow
  /ˈnjuːtənz ˈkreɪdl/A desk toy consisting of a set of metal balls suspended in a frame, which demonstrate principles of momentum and energy conservation by swinging and colliding.
• newton's law of gravitation

  nounC2 (Very Low Frequency - Specialized)
  /ˈnjuːtənz lɔː əv ˌɡrævɪˈteɪʃən/The scientific principle formulated by Sir Isaac Newton stating that every particle attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centres.
• newton's laws of motion

  plural-nounLow
  /ˈnjuːtənz lɔːz əv ˈməʊʃ(ə)n/Three fundamental physical laws formulated by Sir Isaac Newton that describe the relationship between a body and the forces acting upon it, and its motion in response to those forces.
• newton's method

  nounC2
  /ˈnjuːtənz ˈmɛθəd/A root-finding algorithm which produces successively better approximations to the roots (or zeroes) of a real-valued function.
• newton's rings

  plural-nounVery Low Frequency
  /ˈnjuː.tənz ˈrɪŋz/A pattern of concentric, alternating bright and dark rings formed by the interference of light waves between two surfaces, typically a flat glass plate and a convex lens.
• newton-meter

  nounC1+ / Specialized
  /ˈnjuː.tən ˌmiː.tə/The SI derived unit of torque, representing a force of one newton applied perpendicularly at a distance of one metre from a pivot point.
• newtonian fluid

  nounLow
  /njuːˈtəʊ.ni.ən ˈfluː.ɪd/A fluid whose viscosity remains constant regardless of the applied shear stress; it follows Newton's law of viscosity.
• newtonian mechanics

  nounC1/C2
  /njuːˌtəʊ.ni.ən mɪˈkæn.ɪks/The classical system of physics formulated by Isaac Newton, describing the motion of macroscopic objects under the action of forces, using the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
• newtonian telescope

  nounC2
  /njuːˈtəʊ.ni.ən ˈtel.ɪ.skəʊp/A type of reflecting telescope that uses a concave primary mirror and a flat diagonal secondary mirror to reflect the focused light to an eyepiece mounted on the side of the telescope tube.

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