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\Definition of Hooke's law
: a statement in physics: the stress within an elastic solid is proportional to the strain responsible for it
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Hooke's law
noun\ ˈhu̇ks- \
\Medical Definition of Hooke's law
: a statement in physics: the stress within an elastic solid up to the elastic limit is proportional to the strain responsible for it
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The first known use of Hooke's law was in 1853
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