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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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);
[syn: Hooke, Robert Hooke]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Robert Hooke n 1: 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) [syn: Hooke, Robert Hooke]