Usually means: Momentum and energy transfer demonstration.
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  1. Newton's cradle, Newton's cradle: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Newton's Cradle, Newton's cradle: Wiktionary
  3. Newton's cradle, Newtons cradle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Newton's cradle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Newton's Cradle, newtons cradle: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Newton's Cradle)

noun:  A device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy via a series of swinging spheres. When a sphere at one end is lifted and released, the resulting force travels through the line and pushes the opposite sphere upward, repeating the process as it swings back down.
noun:  Alternative form of Newton's cradle [A device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy via a series of swinging spheres. When a sphere at one end is lifted and released, the resulting force travels through the line and pushes the opposite sphere upward, repeating the process as it swings back down.]


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