Newton's Third Law of Motion/Also known as

Newton's Third Law of Motion: Also known as

Newton's Third Law of Motion is also referred to as:

the Law of Action and Reaction

or:

the Principle of Action and Reaction.

Hence its usual wording:

To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Some sources suggest that it may also be called the Law of Interaction.

It is also often referred to as just Newton's Third Law.

Sources

• 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{VI}$: On the Seashore
• 1966: Isaac Asimov: Understanding Physics ... (previous) ... (next): $\text {I}$: Motion, Sound and Heat: Chapter $3$: The Laws of Motion: Action and Reaction
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Newton's laws of motion
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Newton's laws of motion
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Newton's laws of motion