Associations to the word «Hooke»

Wiktionary

HOOKE, proper noun. A surname​ derived from hook, as an occupational or topographical name or a nickname.
HOOKE, proper noun. Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703), an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work. His best remembered contribution was the discovery of the biological cell.
HOOKE, noun. Obsolete spelling of hook

Dictionary definition

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).

Wise words

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