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RETURN STROKE

Specialty Definition: RETURN STROKE

DomainDefinition

Geography

Intense and very luminous discharge which immediately follows the leader stroke in the inverse sense in the same channel. Source: European Union. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

A stroke made in the direction opposite to that of the forward stroke. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: RETURN STROKE

Specialty definitions using "RETURN STROKE": clapper type tool boxdouble planing tool, double strokerear support, retrieval endtool clapper, two-way planing tool. (references)

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Modern Translation: RETURN STROKE

Language Translations for "RETURN STROKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

returudladning (main stroke, return streamer), returslag (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitlaatslag (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke), hoofdontlading (main stroke, return streamer). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

paluuliike (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke), paluuisku (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke), pääsalama (main stroke, return streamer). (various references)

   

French

  

retour (recurrence, regress, repetition, return, reversion), recul (recession, recoil, regress, retreat), rappel (recall, recalling, reminder, return), période passive (return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke), mouvement de retour (return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke), mouvement de recul (recoil), décharge en retour (return streamer), course de retour (return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke), course de rappel (return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke). (various references)

   

German

  

Rücklauf (countercurrent, fast rewind, flyback, recoil, return, return travel, returns, reverse running, slip), Rückhub (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke), Hauptentladung (main stroke, return streamer). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κύρια εκκένωση (main stroke, return streamer), εκκένωση επιστροφής (main stroke, return streamer), διαδρομή επαναφοράς (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke). (various references)

   

Italian

  

corsa di ritorno (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eturnray okestray

   

Portuguese

  

movimento de retorno (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke), movimento de recuo (recoil), descarga de retorno (main stroke, return streamer), curso de retorno (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

descarga de retorno (main stroke, return streamer), carrera de retroceso (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke), carrera de retorno (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

retururladdning (main stroke, return streamer), återgångsslag (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: RETURN STROKE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-k-n-o-r-r-r-s-t-t-u"

-3 letters: retorters, returners, torturers.

-4 letters: knotters, outsteer, reroutes, resorter, restorer, retorter, retrorse, returner, reutters, rottener, torrents, torturer, tortures, utterers.

-5 letters: ensurer, entrust, estrone, ketones, knotter, netsuke, netters, neuters, nutters, outseen, outsert, renters, reroute, restoke, restore, retorts, retunes, returns, reutter, rosette, rotters, rouster, routers, snorter, stentor, sterner, stertor, stouten, stouter, stroker, tenours, tenters, tenures, tenutos.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RETURN STROKE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 54 55 52 4E      53 54 52 4F 4B 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000101 01010100 01010101 01010010 01001110 00100000 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#84 &#85 &#82 &#78 &#32 &#83 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#75 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 0054 0055 0052 004E      0053 0054 0052 004F 004B 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5239545552482535452494539

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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