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  

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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

Hooke, 34 years old, is an example: She originated the viral “Tin Fish Date Night” trend on TikTok in July 2022, where followers create a sophisticated date-night board with canned fish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Value-add and opportunistic funds — those The Times included in its analysis — “are a little more mercenary,” said Jeffrey Hooke, a senior lecturer at Johns Hopkins University and former private equity executive.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024

Ali Hooke began posting her tinned fish date nights to the social media platform last year.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023

Writer and broadcaster Nick Fisher, 63, was last seen in Hooke, near Bridport, Dorset on Tuesday afternoon.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2022

Along the way, though, he managed, as we shall see, to pack even more into his life than Hooke and Newton combined.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin