hooke

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hooke - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Hooke
      n 1: English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and
           proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of
           planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of
           gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular
           structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into
           biology and invented a balance spring for watches
           (1635-1703) [syn: Hooke, Robert Hooke]