| stoichiometric condition | That condition at which the proportion of the air-to-fuel is such that all combustible products will be completely burned with no oxygen remaining in the combustion air. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| stoichiometric number | The number associated with a reactant or product participating in a defined chemical reaction; usually an integer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stoichiometry | Ratio of the participating molecules in a reaction in the case of an enzyme substrate or receptor ligand interaction should be a small integer. (18 Nov 1997) |
| stoke | A unit of kinematic viscosity, that of a fluid with a viscosity of 1 poise and a density of 1 g/ml; equal to 10-4 square meter per second. Origin: Sir George Gabriel Stokes (05 Mar 2000) |
| stoker's cramps | Cramp's caused by excessive salt loss through perspiration. Synonym: stoker's cramps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes amputation | A modification of the Gritti-Stokes amputation in that the line of section of the femur is slightly higher. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes' law | A muscle lying above an inflamed mucous or serous membrane is frequently the seat of paralysis, a relationship of the rate of fall of a small sphere in a viscous fluid; applicable to centrifugation of macromolecules, the wavelength of light emitted by a fluorescent material is longer than that of the radiation used to excite the fluorescence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes, Sir George Gabriel | <person> British physicist and mathematician, 1819-1903. See: stoke, Stokes' law, Stokes' law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes, Sir William | <person> Irish surgeon, 1839-1900. See: Stokes amputation, Gritti-Stokes amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes, William | <person> Irish physician, 1804-1878. See: Stokes' law, Cheyne-Stokes psychosis, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, Stokes-Adams disease, Adams-Stokes disease, Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stokes-Adams disease | <syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Stokes-Adams syndrome | <syndrome> Transient asystole or ventricular fibrillation in the presence of atrioventricular block. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stola | Origin: L. See Stole a garment. A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women. "The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, or by women who had been divorced from their husbands." (Fairholt) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stole | 1. A long, loose garment reaching to the feet. "But when mild morn, in saffron stole, First issues from her eastern goal." (T. Warton) 2. A narrow band of silk or stuff, sometimes enriched with embroidery and jewels, worn on the left shoulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. at Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions. Groom of the stole, the first lord of the bedchamber in the royal household. Origin: AS. Stole, L. Stola, Gr. A stole, garment, equipment, fr. To set, place, equip, send, akin to E. Stall. See Stall. <botany> A stolon. Origin: L. Stolo, -onis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stolon | A ground-lying or trailing stem that produces roots at the nodes. (09 Oct 1997) |