Hooke

[ hook ]

/ hʊk /

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noun

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

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How to use Hooke in a sentence

The term "cell" had been introduced by Hooke in 1667, and Malpighi and Grew were the founders of the cell-doctrine.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
These watches all had two balances and balance springs fashioned after the scheme Hooke had worked out.
Christopher and the Clockmakers|Sara Ware Bassett
It proves that he knew, as Boyle, Hooke and Mayow did before him, that a body gains weight in oxidation.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
Dr. Hooke, 1684, remarked that steel or iron was magnetized when heated to redness and placed in the magnetic meridian.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883|Various

Incidentally, Hooke claimed to be the inventor of the first air-pump himself, although this claim is now entirely discredited.
A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams

British Dictionary definitions for Hooke

Hooke

/ (hʊk) /

noun

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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Scientific definitions for Hooke

Hooke

[ huk ]

Robert 1635-1703

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.