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| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Crosswords: RETURN STROKE |
| Specialty definitions using "RETURN STROKE": clapper type tool box ♦ double planing tool, double stroke ♦ rear support, retrieval end ♦ tool clapper, two-way planing tool. (references) |
| 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 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) 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) retururladdning (main stroke, return streamer), återgångsslag (back stroke, return, return movement, reverse movement, reverse stroke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01010100 01010101 01010010 01001110 00100000 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E T U R N   S T R O K E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0054 0055 0052 004E      0053 0054 0052 004F 004B 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5239545552482535452494539 |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Translations: Modern 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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