name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
stokes
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -əʊks
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CMU ARPABET: S T OW1 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, north Queensland, Australia.
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name
Meaning 3
A census-designated place in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
Four townships in the United States, two each in Minnesota and Ohio.
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noun
Meaning 5
A unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm2/s.
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verb
Meaning 6
third-person singular simple present indicative of stoke
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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History
Etymology
After George Gabriel Stokes
See stoke (verb)
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