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Stokes
[stohks]
noun
Carl B(urton), 1927–1996, U.S. politician: the first Black mayor of a major U.S. city (Cleveland, Ohio, 1967–71).
Sir Frederick Wilfrid Scott, 1860–1927, British inventor and engineer.
Sir George Gabriel, 1819–1903, British physicist and mathematician, born in Ireland.
stokes
/ əʊ /
noun
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
1plural
stokesThe unit of kinematic viscosity in the centimeter-gram-second system, measured in square centimeters per second.
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Stokes
2Irish 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
Example Sentences
"If the system can't deliver scientific firsts to NHS patients, it is broken," said Chris Stokes, Eli Lilly's president and general manager of UK and Northern Europe.
Before that Test, captain Ben Stokes appeared to hint Bethell would make an immediate return to the England XI, only to later clarify he was referring to the squad and claimed his words were "twisted to suit an agenda".
And Stokes has kept faith with Pope at the beginning of a defining period for his captaincy.
He is part of an exclusive club of England players to have won the Ashes and both 20- and 50-over World Cups, including Stokes, Wood, Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler.
Woakes, therefore, is well placed to make comparisons between eras, to the free-wheeling style of McCullum and Stokes.
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