Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The unit of kinematic viscosity in the centimeter-gram-second system, measured in square centimeters per second.
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
stoke . - noun A
unit of kinematic viscosity in theCGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm²/s
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The only thing this stokes is anger, and anger is no substitute for ideas or policy.
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Now the gurney drill, using a device called a stokes litter.
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Now the gurney drill, using a device called a stokes litter.
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We understand firefighters just a short time ago lowered what is called a stokes basket with a flat board on it to rescue one -- there is the picture from just moments ago -- to rescue one of the people inside that vehicle.
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Unlike the Terry-Wayne Bridge handshake, which was a box office plotline of the sort of that stokes World Wrestling Entertainment, a stand‑off over an allegation of racism is less easy to package.
Handshake is not the answer to Anton Ferdinand-John Terry stand-off 2012
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It's a constant delight and stokes the impetus to discover the next staggering vista.
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While a mining boom stokes demand, the currency and a sleepy consumer are hurting key sectors such as manufacturing, tourism and retailing.
Australia Leaves Key Rate Unchanged James Glynn 2011
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Nothing stokes your West Wing fantasies like walking up marble steps in a suit with the Capitol dome behind you and flashing an ID badge to the guard.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Challenge of the Super Scientists! Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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But Alan turns out to be the only truth-teller—"Nobody cares about anything outside themself," he tells Penelope bluntly, if not grammatically—and the others bear him out by baring the hostility that stokes their desperate souls.
Stylish Spectacle Makes This 'Mission' Possible Joe Morgenstern 2011
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PROS: Insightful; handy subgenre reading lists; informative and educational; stokes your interest in science fiction.
REVIEW: The Science Fiction Handbook by M. Keith Booker and Anne-Marie Thomas 2009
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