Hookean

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Robert Hooke, 17th-century British physicist.
  2. 2
    For which Hooke's law is a useful approximation; linear-elastic.

Etymology

From Hooke + -an.

Related phrases

hooke's law

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