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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
- 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- 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/ ō /
, Plural stokes
- The unit of kinematic viscosity in the centimeter-gram-second system, measured in square centimeters per second.
- See more at viscosity
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Stokes1
C20: named after Sir George Stokes (1819–1903), British physicist
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England have been building for this winter's Ashes series ever since Key and Stokes took post.
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In the 26-year-old Yorkshireman, England will get another captain in the image of Stokes and Brendon McCullum - their all-format, all-powerful coach.
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Brook, like Stokes and McCullum, is street-smart - hardened by playing in Yorkshire's tough men's leagues by the age of 13 - and rough around the edges.
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Before Brook's debut he was described as "dumb" by Stokes, something for which the all-rounder later apologised.
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Brook, like Stokes, is a remarkably hard worker.
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