HOOKE'S LAW


Meaning of HOOKE'S LAW in English

■ noun Physics a law stating that the strain in a solid is proportional to the applied stress, within the elastic limit of that solid.

Origin

C19: named after the 17th-cent. English scientist Robert Hooke .

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