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Newton’s cradle

New·ton's cra·dle (plural New·ton's cra·dles)


noun 
Definition:
 
toy with balls in framework: a toy consisting of five metal balls hanging side by side in a frame. Swinging the ball at one end transmits force along the line so that the ball at the other end swings away.

[After Sir Isaac Newton]
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