Hooke

American  

[hook] / hʊk /

noun

1. Robert, 1635–1703, English philosopher, microscopist, and physicist.

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Hooke British  

/ hʊk /

noun

1. Robert. 1635–1703, English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He formulated Hooke's law (1678), built the first Gregorian telescope, and invented a balance spring for watches

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Hooke Scientific  

/ hk /

1. English physicist, inventor, and mathematician who contributed to many aspects of science. With Robert Boyle he demonstrated that both combustion and respiration require air and that sound does not travel in a vacuum. Hooke studied plants and other objects under microscopes and was the first to use the word cell to describe the patterns he observed. He also identified fossils as a record of changes among organisms on the planet throughout history.

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Example Sentences

“There’s no economic incentive” for an auditor to scrutinize valuations too deeply, said Jeffrey Hooke, who teaches at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and researches private-fund valuations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Dorset Wildlife Trust has submitted an expression of interest to Natural England for the proposed project in the River Hooke and wider River Frome catchment.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“It’s not a risk-free proposition doing opportunistic real estate or value-add,” Hooke said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024

“It really just spurred out of the need for quality time together,” said Hooke, 32, who lives in Seattle with her husband, Sathya Prakash, and their toddler, Alden.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023

The most famous of the microscopical discoveries reported by Hooke in his masterpiece was the ‘cellular’ structure of slices of cork viewed under the microscope.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin