Newton's Laws of Motion/Second Law

Physical Law
Newton's second law of motion is one of three physical laws that forms the basis for classical mechanics.

Statement of Law

 * The total force applied on a body is equal to the derivative with respect to time of the linear momentum of the body:


 * $\mathbf F = \dfrac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm d t} \left({m \mathbf v}\right)$

Also known as
This law is also often referred to as just Newton's second law.

Also see

 * At velocities near the speed of light, see Einstein's Law of Motion.


 * Newton's First Law of Motion
 * Newton's Third Law of Motion

As he put it:
 * The acceleration produced by a particular force acting on a body is directly proportional to the magnitude of the force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body.