Power Stroke

Power Stroke may refer to:

In motoring:

  • Power stroke (engine), the stroke of a cyclic motor which generates force
  • Ford Power Stroke engine, Ford diesel engine

Other:

  • In baseball, a batter who hits for extra bases is said to have a power stroke
  • In biology, the term power stroke refers to the molecular interactions of muscle contraction
  • In firearm handling, the term power stroke refers to racking the slide after inserting a fresh magazine to chamber a round, instead of using the slide release to do the same.

Famous quotes containing the words power and/or stroke:

    “The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and that which tends the most to the perpetuation of society itself.”
    —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

    “If thou and nature can so gently part,
    The stroke of death is as a lover’s pinch,
    Which hurts, and is desired.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)