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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 produced
Familiarity information: HOOKE'S LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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