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  • adjective Alternative form of nonnewtonian.

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  • Science principle: Cornstarch goo is known as a non-Newtonian fluid, which doesn't have the normal properties of either a liquid or a solid.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Science principle: Cornstarch goo is known as a non-Newtonian fluid, which doesn't have the normal properties of either a liquid or a solid.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Where is the acceleration of a particle, is associated with the Newtonian gravitational field, is a natural constant approximately equal to, and is the function designed to control how “non-Newtonian” the dynamics should be.

    Special Post: Noether’s First Theorem – Emmy Noether for Ada Lovelace Day 2010

  • Where is the acceleration of a particle, is associated with the Newtonian gravitational field, is a natural constant approximately equal to, and is the function designed to control how “non-Newtonian” the dynamics should be.

    The Language of Science – it’s “just a theory” 2010

  • Where is the acceleration of a particle, is associated with the Newtonian gravitational field, is a natural constant approximately equal to, and is the function designed to control how “non-Newtonian” the dynamics should be.

    Experiments in Non-Relativistic Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) 2010

  • Did you know that there are such things as non-Newtonian substances?

    Has Anthropogenic Global Warming Skepticism Hit Mainstream Acceptance? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • The cornstarch and water mixture is an example of a non-Newtonian fluid because its viscosity changes when stress or a force is applied.

    What’s the Matter? 2008

  • In its passionate, compassionate worldliness, The Fatalist offers the presence of a reassuring adult, who has been around the non-Newtonian block.

    Poetry: What Does It Accomplish? 2010

  • If you ever doubted, even for a second, that non-Newtonian goo (e.g., cornstarch and water) is from a totally different (and infinitely preferable) universe, behold!

    Boing Boing 2008

  • The video shows what is termed "creeping oobleck", apparently a material made by mixing corn starch with water to create a non-Newtonian fluid.

    ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2009

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