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    HOOKE'S LAW

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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