stroke

stroke

1. Pathol apoplexy; rupture of a blood vessel in the brain resulting in loss of consciousness, often followed by paralysis, or embolism or thrombosis affecting a cerebral vessel

2. a pulsation, esp of the heart

3. Sport the act or manner of striking the ball with a racket, club, bat, etc.

4. any one of the repeated movements used by a swimmer to propel himself through the water

5. a manner of swimming, esp one of several named styles such as the crawl or butterfly

6. 

a. any one of a series of linear movements of a reciprocating part, such as a piston

b. the distance travelled by such a part from one end of its movement to the other

7. a single pull on an oar or oars in rowing

8. manner or style of rowing

9. the oarsman who sits nearest the stern of a shell, facing the cox, and sets the rate of striking for the rest of the crew
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stroke

[strōk]

(computer science)

In optical character recognition, straight or curved portion of a letter, such as is commonly made with one smooth motion of a pen. Also known as character stroke.

That segment of a printed or handwritten character which has been temporarily isolated from other segments for the purpose of analyzing it, particularly with regard to its dimensions and relative reflectance. Also known as character stroke.

(electronics)

The penlike motion of a focused electron beam in cathode-ray-tube diplays.

(mechanical engineering)

The linear movement, in either direction, of a reciprocating mechanical part. Also known as throw.

(medicine)

A sudden cerebrovascular accident.

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stroke

The linear distance the piston moves inside the cylinder from top to bottom in a reciprocating engine.

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stroke

The oblique stroke character, "/", ASCII 47.

See ASCII for other synonyms.

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stroke

(1) In printing, the weight, or thickness, of a character. For example, in the LaserJet, one of the specifications of the font description is the stroke weight from lightest to boldest. See stroke weight.

(2) In computer graphics, a pen or brush stroke. The stroke function lets you set the width of the line being drawn.

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