HyperDic: hooke[s_law

English > 1 sense of the expression Hooke's law:
NOUNcognitionHooke's law(physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced
English > Hooke's law: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced.
Categoryphysics, natural philosophyThe science of matter and energy and their interactions
Broaderlaw, law of natureA generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
CatalanLlei de Hooke

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