stoke References stoke physics Ask Anything Homework Help Also known as: stokes Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: viscosity…centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system, called the stokes in Britain and the stoke in the U.S., is named for the British physicist Sir George Gabriel Stokes. The stoke is defined as one centimetre squared per second. Read More…centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system, called the stokes in Britain and the stoke in the U.S., is named for the British physicist Sir George Gabriel Stokes. The stoke is defined as one centimetre squared per second. Read MoreSir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st BaronetThe stoke (British “stokes”), a unit of kinematic viscosity in the centimetre-gram-second system, was named after him in 1928. Read MoreThe stoke (British “stokes”), a unit of kinematic viscosity in the centimetre-gram-second system, was named after him in 1928. Read More