hooke : Idioms & Phrases

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hooke's gearing

Hooke's" gear"ing
Etymology
So called from the inventor.
Definitions
  1. (Mach.) Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
Webster 1913

hooke's joint

Hooke's joint
Etymology
So called from the inventor.
Definitions
  1. (Mach.) A universal joint. See under Universal.
Webster 1913

hooke's law

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

  • noun English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703)
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