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Stokesian

Stokesian adjective: of or pertaining to Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet.

Adjective

Stokesian (comparative more Stokesian, superlative most Stokesian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet.
    • He was not a typical Stokesian man of science.

Forms of Stokesian

comparativemore Stokesian
superlativemost Stokesian

Origin of Stokesian

Stokes + -ian

Questions about Stokesian

What does Stokesian mean?
Stokesian means of or pertaining to Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet.
What part of speech is Stokesian?
Stokesian is an adjective.

Words near Stokesian in the dictionary

  1. Stokes-Adams attack
  2. Stokes-Adams attacks
  3. Stokes-Adams syndrome
  4. Stokesay
  5. stokesia
  6. Stokesian
  7. stokesias
  8. stokesite
  9. stokeslet
  10. stokeslets
  11. Stokesley

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