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Newton's first law comparison table

Subject	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
Newton's law of motion		law	One of three laws describing the motion of bodies based on the conception of an absolute and immutable space and time; these laws held sway until Einstein's discovery of special relativity.
Newton's first law	Newton's law of motion		Newton's law which states that a body remains in a state of rest or uniform motion when left to itself.

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