Strake vs Demonstration - What's the difference?
strake | demonstration |
(obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
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(aviation) A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
(nautical, archaic) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
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(engineering) A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
(obsolete) A streak.
(obsolete) To stretch [akin to Old English: streccan].
(obsolete) (strike)
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
An event at which something will be demonstrated.
A public display of group opinion.
A show of military force.
A mathematical proof.
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As nouns the difference between strake and demonstration
is that strake is an iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel while demonstration is the act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.As a verb strake
is to stretch [akin to Old English: streccan].strake
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- (Spenser)
Usage notes
* (nautical) The planks or plates next to the keel are called the garboard strakes''; the next, or the heavy strakes at the bilge, are the ''bilge strakes''; the next, from the water line to the lower port sill, the ''wales''; and the upper parts of the sides, the ''sheer strakes .Verb
(strak)Etymology 2
Verb
(head)- (Spenser)
Anagrams
* * * * * *demonstration
English
Noun
(en noun)- I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
- He read the proposition. So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.