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. 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 ^–4square metre per second St

Stokes

¹

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.

stokes

²

/ stōks /

, 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stokes¹

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