Hooke's law

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Hooke's law (h

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The principle that the stress applied to stretch or compress a body is proportional to the strain or to the change in length thus produced, so long as the limit of elasticity of the body is not exceeded.

Hooke's law

the law explaining linear behavior of elastic material.

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