Home › Words › S › stokesstokesstokes means A surname.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, stokes ranks #15,822 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyAfter George Gabriel StokesnameA surname.A locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, north Queensland, Australia.A census-designated place in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.Four townships in the United States, two each in Minnesota and Ohio.nounA unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm²/s.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.centistokes 75% match — A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to one-hundredth of a stokes. vs stokes →millistokes 75% match — A unit of kinematic viscosity, one thousandth of a stokes. vs stokes →stilb 57% match — a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre vs stokes →centipoise 57% match — A cgs unit of measure of absolute viscosity. (The viscosity of water is one centipoise. The lower the number, the less viscous the material.) Symbol: cP. vs stokes →brewster 57% match — A unit of stress optical coefficient which is equal to 10⁻¹² m²/N or 10⁻¹² Pa⁻¹. Symbol: B. vs stokes →statcoulomb 55% match — The CGS unit of electrical charge, equal to 33.35640 picocoulombs. vs stokes →stroke 51% match — An act of hitting; a blow, a hit. vs stokes →brushstroke 51% match — The stroke of a brush, as in painting. vs stokes →