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Hooke's law

empirical physical law of mechanics that the force on a spring is proportional to its displacement
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Hooke's law
Robert Hooke · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Hooke's law is a physical law[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of physical law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,063 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: empirical law[3]
  • Named after: Robert Hooke[4]
  • Part of: elasticity theory[5]
  • Commons category: Hooke's law[6]
  • Main subject: spring[7]
  • Described by source: The New Student's Reference Work[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[11]
  • P14541: 39rPag[12], 2tVDtQ[13]

Why It Matters

Hooke's law has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Robert Hooke

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → spring
    Named after → Robert Hooke
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    Part of → elasticity theory
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