upstroke
IPA: ˈʌpstroʊk
noun
- The upward stroke of a pen, brush, piston, etc.
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Examples of "upstroke" in Sentences
- Doesn't it vary with upstroke and downstroke.
- The upstroke does not cancel out the downstroke.
- So both the upstroke and downstroke create lift.
- The exhaust valve opened for the piston upstroke.
- The lumbricals are used during an upstroke in writing.
- The upstroke then pushes the wing upward and backward.
- Bending the wing on the upstroke helps, but it's not required.
- Every upstroke of the second cavity piston is an exhaust stroke.
- Despite the band being sped up, they never miss an upstroke beat.
- As long as it stresses the off beat and stresses some upstroke its ska.