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:
“One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none the less betray the thinker, he must always be instructive, his way of judging a thing must even in the smallest matters be such that people can see what it will amount to when, quietly and self-collected, he puts this power to scholarly use.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“Every new stroke of civilization has cost the lives of countless brave men, who have fallen defeated by the “dragon,” in their efforts to win the apples of the Hesperides, or the fleece of gold. Fallen in their efforts to overcome the old, half sordid savagery of the lower stages of creation, and win the next stage.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)