Usually means: Physicist known for law, elasticity.
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  1. Hooke: Merriam-Webster
  2. Hooke: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Hooke: Vocabulary.com
  4. Hooke, hooke: Wordnik
  5. Hooke, hooke: Wiktionary
  6. Hooke: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Hooke: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Hooke: Dictionary.com
  9. Hooke: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Hooke: Rhymezone
  11. hooke: FreeDictionary.org
  12. hooke: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Hooke: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Hooke: Encyclopedia

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  1. Hooke: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. Hooke: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hooke)

noun:  A surname from Middle English derived from hook, as an occupational or topographical name or a nickname.
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.
noun:  A village in Dorset, England.
noun:  Obsolete spelling of hook. [A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.]

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