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stoke

Stoke is defined as to stir up, or feed with fuel or food.

(verb)

An example of stoke is to feed wood to a fire.

The definition of a stoke is a measurement of the resistance of a liquid to flow, calculated by the viscosity of a the liquid (measured in poises), divided by the density of the liquid (expressed in grams per cubic centimeter).

(noun)

An example of a stoke is a measurement of how resistant a liquid is to flow based on the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system.

See stoke in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb stoked, stoking

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

Origin: back-form. < stoker

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

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

See stoke in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb stoked stoked, stok·ing, stokes

verb, transitive