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Hooke's law

Hooke's law proper noun: the principle that the stress applied to a solid is directly proportional to the strain produced. This law describes the behavior of springs and solids stressed within their elastic limit.

Proper noun

Hooke's law

  1. the principle that the stress applied to a solid is directly proportional to the strain produced. This law describes the behavior of springs and solids stressed within their elastic limit.

Origin of Hooke's law

From the name of Robert Hooke, English physicist.

Questions about Hooke's law

What does Hooke's law mean?
Hooke's law means the principle that the stress applied to a solid is directly proportional to the strain produced. This law describes the behavior of springs and solids stressed within their elastic limit.
What part of speech is Hooke's law?
Hooke's law is a proper noun.

Words near Hooke's law in the dictionary

  1. hookbills
  2. hooke
  3. Hooke's atom
  4. Hooke's atoms
  5. Hooke's gearing
  6. Hooke's law
  7. Hookean
  8. hookear sculpin
  9. hookear sculpins
  10. hookeared
  11. hookeared sculpin

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