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HOOKE'S LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hooke's law mean? 

HOOKE'S LAW (noun)
  The noun HOOKE'S LAW has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain producedplay

  Familiarity information: HOOKE'S LAW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOOKE'S LAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Hooke's law" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)


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