Stokes may refer to:

People

* Stokes (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)

Science

Stokes (unit) The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to deformation at a given rate. For liquids, it corresponds to the informal concept of "thickness": for example, syrup has a higher viscosity than water. Viscosity quantifies the inte ...

, a measure of viscosity * Stokes boundary layer *

Stokes drift For a pure wave motion (physics), motion in fluid dynamics, the Stokes drift velocity is the average velocity when following a specific fluid parcel as it travels with the fluid flow. For instance, a particle floating at the free surface of wat ...

* Stokes flow * Stokes' law * Stokes' law of sound attenuation * Stokes line * Stokes number *

Stokes parameters The Stokes parameters are a set of values that describe the polarization state of electromagnetic radiation. They were defined by George Gabriel Stokes in 1852, as a mathematically convenient alternative to the more common description of incoher ...

Stokes radius The Stokes radius or Stokes–Einstein radius of a solute is the radius of a hard sphere that diffuses at the same rate as that solute. Named after George Gabriel Stokes, it is closely related to solute mobility, factoring in not only size but also ...

* Stokes relations * Stokes shift *

Stokes stream function In fluid dynamics, the Stokes stream function is used to describe the streamlines and flow velocity in a three-dimensional incompressible flow with axisymmetry. A surface with a constant value of the Stokes stream function encloses a streamtube, ...

* Stokes' theorem * Stokes wave * Campbell–Stokes recorder *

Navier–Stokes equations In physics, the Navier–Stokes equations ( ) are partial differential equations which describe the motion of viscous fluid substances, named after French engineer and physicist Claude-Louis Navier and Anglo-Irish physicist and mathematician Geo ...

Places

Australia

Stokes, Queensland Stokes is a locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stokes had a population of 84 people. Geography The Leichhardt River forms the western boundary of the locality. Together with the Alexandra River, the Cloncurr ...

, a locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia * Stokes Bay (South Australia), a bay in South Australia * Stokes Bay, South Australia, a locality in South Australia *

Stokes National Park Stokes National Park is a national park in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, 538 km south-east of Perth. The National Park is located west of Esperance on the southern coast. The park was named after Stokes Inlet, whi ...

, in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia

Canada

* Stokes Mountain, a mountain in Nunavut, Canada * Stokes Range, a mountain range in Nunavut, Canada

New Zealand

* Stokes Valley, a suburb of Lower Hutt in New Zealand ** Stokes Valley RFC, a rugby football club in Stokes Valley ** Stokes State Forest, a state park in Sussex County, New Jersey

United Kingdom

Stokes Bay Stokes Bay ( grid ref.:)) (50.782982, -1.163868) is an area of the Solent that lies just south of Gosport, between Portsmouth and Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. There is a shingle beach with views of Ryde and East Cowes on the Isle of Wight to the ...

, part of the Solent in Hampshire, England

United States

* Stokes, North Carolina * Stokes County, North Carolina * Stokes Township, Itasca County, Minnesota * Stokes Township, Logan County, Ohio * Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio * Stokes Township, Roseau County, Minnesota * Stokes State Forest, Sussex County, New Jersey

In space

* Stokes (Martian crater) * Stokes (lunar crater)

Other uses

* USS ''Stokes'' (AKA-68), a US Navy cargo ship * Stokes mortar, a weapon * Frederick A. Stokes Company, a publisher owned by Frederick A. Stokes * Stoke's, beers made by McCashin's Brewery, Nelson, New Zealand