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down⋅stroke

  [doun-strohk]
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–noun
1. a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
2. a downward stroke in writing, often heavier and darker than an upward stroke.
Origin:
1850–55; down 1 + stroke 1
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downstroke

noun
a stroke normally made in a downward direction 
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