ut tensio sic vis Phrase
Meaning:
as the extension, so the force
Comment
Robert Hooke's expression of his discovery of his law of linear elasticity. Also: Motto of École Polytechnique de Montréal. Motto of the British Watch and Clockmaker's Guild.
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