Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 7 compound words that contain stokes. The most common are listed below. Open stokes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- Stokes BayA bay in Gosport borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ5998).
- Stokes CountyOne of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Danbury.
- Stokes' theoremA theorem in vector calculus that relates the integral of the curl of a given vector field over some surface to the line integral of the vector field around the boundary of the surface.
- Cheyne-StokesAn abnormal pattern of breathing involving apnea alternating with periods of compensatory hyperventilation and with smooth, gradual transitions between the two, characteristic of those in a coma or suffering cardiac or cerebral episodes.
- Stokes-Adams attackSynonym of Adams-Stokes attack: A fainting spell caused by Adams-Stokes syndrome.
- Stokes-Adams syndromeSynonym of Adams-Stokes syndrome: A condition characterized by periodic fainting spells in which there is intermittent complete heart block or other high-grade arrhythmia that results in loss of spontaneous circulation and inadequate blood …
- anti-StokesRelating to a Stokes shift to lower (rather than higher) wavelengths
- Kelvin-Stokes theoremSynonym of Stokes' theorem: A theorem in vector calculus that relates the integral of the curl of a given vector field over some surface to the line integral of the vector field around the boundary of the surface.
- Ned StokesThe four of spades.
- Navier-Stokes equationA partial differential equation which describes the conservation of linear momentum for a Newtonian incompressible fluid.
- Adams-Stokes attackA fainting spell caused by Adams-Stokes syndrome.
- Adams-Stokes syndromeA condition characterized by periodic fainting spells in which there is intermittent complete heart block or other high-grade arrhythmia that results in loss of spontaneous circulation and inadequate blood flow to the brain.
- Navier-Stokes equationsplural of Navier-Stokes equation: A partial differential equation which describes the conservation of linear momentum for a Newtonian incompressible fluid.
- stokes upthird-person singular simple present indicative of stoke up: To stoke, to kindle (a fire)
- Stokes-Adams attacksplural of Stokes-Adams attack: A fainting spell caused by Adams-Stokes syndrome.
- Adams-Stokes attacksplural of Adams-Stokes attack: A fainting spell caused by Adams-Stokes syndrome.
Compound words 7
- millistokesA unit of kinematic viscosity, one thousandth of a stokes.
- stokesiteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and tin.
- stokesletThe primary Green's function of Stokes flow, associated with a singular point force embedded in a Stokes flow.
- StokesleyA small market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ5208).
- overstokesthird-person singular simple present indicative of overstoke: To stoke excessively, creating too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc.
- stokesiasplural of stokesia: Any of the plants in the genus Stokesia.
- stokesletsplural of stokeslet: The primary Green's function of Stokes flow, associated with a singular point force embedded in a Stokes flow.