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  • for the Down Stroke is an album by the American funk band Parliament. It was the band's second album (following 1970's Osmium), and their first to be released...
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    Stroke (also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or brain attack) is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death...
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    A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements)...
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    the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either direction. The four separate strokes are termed: Intake:...
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    The butterfly (shortened to fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known...
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  • repeating a specific body motion or swimming stroke to propel the body forward. There are many kinds of strokes, each defining a different swimming style...
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    (Shù) strokes are identified only once when they appear as the first stroke of a compound; any single stroke with successive 90° turns down or to the right...
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  • mini-stroke, is a minor stroke whose noticeable symptoms usually end in less than an hour. TIA causes the same symptoms associated with strokes, such...
    45 KB (5,110 words) - 07:06, 13 May 2024
  • "Up for the Down Stroke" is a funk song by Parliament, the title track to their 1974 album of the same name. Released as a single from the album, it reached...
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    FAST is an acronym used as a mnemonic to help early recognition and detection of the signs and symptoms of a stroke. The acronym stands for Facial drooping...
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    Stroke ratio, today universally defined as bore/stroke ratio, is a term to describe the ratio between cylinder bore diameter and piston stroke length in...
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    Front crawl (redirect from Crawl stroke)
    crawl, is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is almost universally...
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    released through valves during shooting. Single-stroke and multi-stroke pump guns utilize an on-board hand pump to pressurize air in an internal reservoir tank...
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    producing sound. Multiple notes in one bow stroke are indicated by the use of slurs. A down-bow is a type of stroke used when bowing a musical instrument,...
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  • Health Stroke Scale, or NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS), is a tool used by healthcare providers to objectively quantify the impairment caused by a stroke and aid...
    35 KB (4,263 words) - 10:53, 17 April 2024
  • six-stroke engine has been applied to a number of alternative internal combustion engine designs that attempt to improve on traditional two-stroke and...
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    short pattern of strokes, using John Pratt's logic that "the rudiments of drumming are strokes," in reference to the four basic drum strokes. The origin of...
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    Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles...
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  • known as Toyota 2SZ-FE engine. The stroked up version of this engine is called 3SZ-VE engine (1.5 L) and stroked down version is called KJ-VET engine (1...
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  • drummer strikes the drum and then returns the stick back up to its original position. The down stroke begins with the tip up, but upon striking the drum head...
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