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stokes (st)
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stokes (#)
Fr.: stokes  

The unit of → viscosity in the → cgs system, cm2 s-1, equal to 10-4 m2 s-1.

See also: After Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903), a British mathematician and physicist, who made important contributions to fluid dynamics, optics, and mathematical physics;
→ Stokes law; → Stokes parameter.