Hookean

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hooke +‎ -an

Adjective[edit]

Hookean (comparative more Hookean, superlative most Hookean)

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