downstroke

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a stroke or movement made downward, especially with a pen, brush, tool, or musical plectrum

   The calligrapher pressed harder on each downstroke to make a thicker line.

A compound of down + stroke. The term is especially useful for one half of an alternating movement, such as the downward motion of a pen, brush, piston, or guitar pick.

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