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downstroke

[ UK /dˈa‍ʊnstɹə‍ʊk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a stroke normally made in a downward direction

How To Use downstroke In A Sentence

  • The powerful downstroke of the wing is powered by the large pectoralis muscles, which also attach to the sternal keel.
  • Aerodynamic loads affect the wing throughout the wingbeat cycle, but their influence is most obvious during downstroke.
  • One of my favourite players, Herschel Sizemore, on his tuition DVD, states that the Monroe 'downstroke' style was just too hard for him to do, so he developed the 'other' Monroe style, the 'fiddle' style of playing. Mandolin Cafe News
  • Thus, lift forces exerted on the hindlimbs may explain why bats inspire during the downstroke of their wings and expire during the upstroke.
  • Accelerate 10 feet before the log and time your pedal stroke so your strongest leg will be on the downstroke when you reach the log.
  • It had complete plumage with fully developed flight feathers and a large wishbone for the attachment of strong muscles for the downstroke of the wings. Modern Science in the Bible
  • Emerson, while you are singing lead, strum only the downstroke, leave out the upstroke, and see how that lets the chord ring. EVENING’S EMPIRE
  • Therefore if work per stroke stays constant, enhanced drag resulting from greater fuselage speed during the downstroke limits mean stroke speed, and thus the potential for gliding after a stroke.
  • This limb action would be relatively inefficient compared with that of modern animals such as penguins, whose wings produce propulsive force throughout virtually the whole of the upstroke and downstroke.
  • Each downstroke of the wing of birds produces a small upward acceleration of the body to support the weight of the body and overcome drag.
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