"forestroke" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forestrokes [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + stroke. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|stroke}} fore- + stroke Head templates: {{en-noun}} forestroke (plural forestrokes)
  1. A forward stroke or movement.
    Sense id: en-forestroke-en-noun-wfjFvteg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
  2. (music) An ornament in which one or more notes are added before the principal note, such as an appoggiatura or acciaccatura Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-forestroke-en-noun-RZX8AGOH Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1963, Howard L. Sanders, The Cephalocarida:",
          "text": "The endopods of the second maxilla and of the trunk limbs flick medially at the termination of the forestroke and the posterior setae of the endopod are pointed medially.",
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          "ref": "1985, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth sciences",
          "text": "Forward motion can also be produced by the figure-8 stroke, by increasing the angle of attack on the backstroke and decreasing it on the forestroke, and by moving the whole limb from 'forward and down' to 'back and up' (Fig. 10c,d)."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Luc Rombouts, Singing Bronze: A History of Carillon Music:",
          "text": "Around 1500, beyaerders also applied their chiming technique on the smaller bells of the forestroke.",
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        {
          "ref": "1882, Harmony Simplified: Text-book of the Harmony Circle",
          "text": "Yes, and we call it a waving forestroke. It sometimes waves upward, sometimes downward."
        },
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          "ref": "1901, The Musical Herald and Tonic Sol-fa Reporter:",
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          "acciaccatura",
          "acciaccatura"
        ]
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          "ref": "1985, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth sciences",
          "text": "Forward motion can also be produced by the figure-8 stroke, by increasing the angle of attack on the backstroke and decreasing it on the forestroke, and by moving the whole limb from 'forward and down' to 'back and up' (Fig. 10c,d)."
        },
        {
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