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stoke1 definition

stoke (stōk)

transitive verb, intransitive verb stoked, stoking stok′·ing

  1. to stir up and feed fuel to (a fire, furnace, etc.)
  2. to tend (a furnace, boiler, etc.)
  3. to feed or eat large quantities of food; fill (up)

Etymology: back-form. < stoker

stoke2 definition

stoke (stōk)

noun

a basic unit in the CGS system, equal to the viscosity of a fluid, measured in poises, divided by the density of the fluid, measured in grams per cubic centimeter (0.0001 square meter per second): abbrev. St

Etymology: after Sir George Stokes (1819-1903), Irish-born physicist & mathematician

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