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• hook — 1. An instrument curved or bent near its tip, used for fixation of a part or traction. 2. hamulus. [A.S. hok] calvarial h. an instrument used in prying off the top of the skull after it has been sawed around, at autopsies and dissections. h. of… …   Medical dictionary

• Hook’s law — A law of physics stated by Robert Hook in 1676 and that defines the relationship between the stress and the strain in materials. It states that up to its elastic limits, the strain within a material is directly proportional to the amount of… …   Aviation dictionary

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• Spring hook — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hooke's law — models the properties of springs for small changes in length Prof. Walter Lewin explains Hooke s law, in …   Wikipedia

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