Hooke may refer to:
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Hooke, Dorset
Hooke is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated about northeast of the town of Bridport. It is sited in the valley of the short River Hooke, a tributary of the River Frome, amongst the chalk hills ...
, England
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River Hooke
The River Hooke is a small river in the county of Dorset in southern England. It runs from its source at Toller Whelme through the villages and hamlets of Hooke, Kingcombe, Toller Porcorum and Toller Fratrum to join the River Frome at Maiden Ne ...
, nearby watercourse
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Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke FRS (; 18 July 16353 March 1703) was an English polymath active as a scientist, natural philosopher and architect, who is credited to be one of two scientists to discover microorganisms in 1665 using a compound microscope that ...
(1635–1703), English natural philosopher who discovered Hooke's law
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Hooke (surname) Hooke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978), Canadian writer
* John Hooke (1270–1275), Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
* Luke Joseph Hooke (1716–1796), Irish theologian
* Robert Hoo ...
, a surname
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Hooke (lunar crater)
Hooke is a lunar impact crater that is located to the northwest of the crater Messala, in the northeastern part of the Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the larg ...
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Hooke (Martian crater) Hooke may refer to:
* Hooke, Dorset, England
** River Hooke, nearby watercourse
** Hooke Court, former manor house at Hooke
** Hooke Park, Woodland to south west of Hooke
* Robert Hooke (1635–1703), English natural philosopher who discovered H ...
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3514 Hooke, asteroid
See also
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Hook (disambiguation)
A hook is a tool with a curved end.
Hook may also refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
* Hook, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village and civil parish
* Hook, Hart, Hampshire, a small town and civil parish
** Hook railway station
* Hook, Fareham, Hamps ...
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Universal joint
A universal joint (also called a universal coupling or U-joint) is a joint or coupling connecting rigid shafts whose axes are inclined to each other. It is commonly used in shafts that transmit rotary motion. It consists of a pair of hinges lo ...
(Hooke's joint)
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Hooke's law
In physics, Hooke's law is an empirical law which states that the force () needed to extend or compress a spring (device), spring by some distance () Proportionality (mathematics)#Direct_proportionality, scales linearly with respect to that ...
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