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reaction principle| Principle stated by Newton as his third law of motion: to every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. |
| In other words, a force acting in one direction is always accompanied by an equal force acting in the opposite direction. This explains how rocket and jet propulsion works and why a gun recoils after firing. |
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