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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The unit of kinematic viscosity in the centimeter-gram-second system, measured in square centimeters per second.

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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stoke.
  • noun A unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm²/s

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Sir George Gabriel Stokes.]

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