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

Ben Stokes' side were pummeled in Perth, where they supposedly had to win to have any chance of winning back the urn.

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Helpfully, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Ben Stokes and Josh Tongue, who could come in for the injured Mark Wood, bowl within or close to this range on average.

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Coming back from 2-0 down would surely be beyond Stokes' side.

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Former England opener Boycott insisted Stokes's men could win at Brisbane's Gabba ground with a more measured approach.

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"But it doesn't help our chances of success if Ben Stokes keeps encouraging our batsmen to attack, attack with one finger hovering over the self-destruct button," Boycott wrote in his Daily Telegraph column.

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