Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hooke

1 sense of hooke

Sense 1
Hooke, Robert Hooke -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> scientist -- (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)