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newton

0112/2///62720#UAA235

SI derived unit of force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram¹ at a rate of one metre per second squared in the direction of the applied force

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Version
2
Revision
1
Preferred name
newton
Short name
N
Definition
SI derived unit of force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram¹ at a rate of one metre per second squared in the direction of the applied force
Note
1 N = 1 kg·m/s²
Unit structure
m¹ kg¹ s⁻²
Unit in text
newton
Unit in SGML/XML
Structured markup (math)(151 chars)
<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"> <!-- UAA235 --> <mrow> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">N</mi> </mrow> </mrow> </math>
UN/ECE code
NEW
Unit conversion
Structured markup (UnitsML)(535 chars)
<UnitsML xmlns="https://schema.unitsml.org/unitsml/1.0"><Unit xml:id="0112/2///62720#UAA235"><Conversions><Float64ConversionFrom xml:id="UAA235_from_UAA235" initialUnit="0112/2///62720#UAA235" multiplicand="1" divisor="1" exact="true" /></Conversions></Unit><Unit xml:id="https://si-digital-framework.org/SI/units/metre.kilogram.second-2"><Conversions><Float64ConversionFrom xml:id="SI::metre.kilogram.second-2_from_UAA235" initialUnit="0112/2///62720#UAA235" multiplicand="1" divisor="1" exact="true" /></Conversions></Unit></UnitsML>
Responsible committee
IEC/SC 3D
Publisher
IEC
Published in
IEC 62720
Status level
Standard
Version release date
2026-03-17
Revision release date
2026-03-17
Version initiation date
2026-03-17
Change request ID
C00192