Stokes

[stohks]

noun

1. Carl B(urton), 1927–1996, U.S. politician: the first Black mayor of a major U.S. city (Cleveland, Ohio, 1967–71).

2. Sir Frederick Wilfrid Scott, 1860–1927, British inventor and engineer.

3. Sir George Gabriel, 1819–1903, British physicist and mathematician, born in Ireland.

stokes

/ stəʊks /

noun

1. St. the cgs unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poise divided by its density in grams per cubic centimetre. 1 stokes is equivalent to 10 ^–4 square metre per second

stokes

¹

plural

stokes 

1. The unit of kinematic viscosity in the centimeter-gram-second system, measured in square centimeters per second.

2. See more at viscosity

Stokes

²

1. Irish mathematician and physicist who investigated the wave theory of light and described the phenomena of diffraction (1849) and fluorescence (1852) and the nature of x-rays. He also investigated fluid dynamics, developing the modern theory of motion of viscous fluids. A unit of kinematic viscosity is named for him.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stokes¹

C20: named after Sir George Stokes (1819–1903), British physicist

Example Sentences

Neither Root nor captain Ben Stokes have won a Test on Australian shores.

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England have their own doubts over captain Ben Stokes, who has been troubled with a shoulder injury since the Test series against India.

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It's hard to overplay what a huge blow it would be to Australia if Pat Cummins misses some or all of the Ashes, similar to England being without Ben Stokes.

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It is worth remembering England have their own doubts over Stokes, who has not completed any of their past four series.

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Reverend Jeannetta Stokes, who has been the real-life vicar at St Peter's in Worfield for 15 years, said villagers were apprehensive at first.

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