Stoke meaning
Stoke is defined as to stir up, or feed with fuel or food.
An example of stoke is to feed wood to a fire.
verb
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).
An example of a stoke is a measurement of how resistant a liquid is to flow based on the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system.
noun
To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace).
verb
To feed fuel to and tend the fire of (a furnace).
verb
To feed or tend a furnace or fire.
verb
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To eat steadily and in large quantities.
verb
To stir up and feed fuel to (a fire, furnace, etc.)
verb
To tend (a furnace, boiler, etc.)
verb
To feed or eat large quantities of food; fill (up)
verb
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.
noun
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To stick; to thrust; to stab.
verb
(physics) Common misspelling of stokes. (A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre)
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Origin of stoke
- Back-formation from stoker
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust") or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust"), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stukÅnÄ… (“to be stiff, push"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teug- (“to push, beat"). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab"), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust"). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike"), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.
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- Misconstruction of stokes
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