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Hooke's law

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Hooke's law
Noun
Physics the principle that a solid stretches or contracts in proportion to the force placed on it, within the limits of its elasticity [after Robert Hooke, physicist]
Hooke's law  (hks)
A law stating that the stress applied to a material is proportional to the strain on that material. For example, if a stress on a metal bar of ten newtons per square centimeter causes it to be compressed by four millimeters, then a stress of 20 newtons per square centimeter will cause the bar to be compressed by eight millimeters. Hooke's law generally holds only up to the elastic limit of stress for that material. See also modulus of elasticity.
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Noun1.Hooke's law - (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced
law of nature, law - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"
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A material that exhibits nonlinear strain behavior and large deformations at small applied stresses is not adequately characterized by Hooke's law, and a functional expression is needed to describe its stress-strain relationship.
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