Sunday, April 13, 2014 at 6:45PM. Generations of southerners have welcomed Chinese snowball viburnum, Viburnum macrocephalum 'Sterile', into their gardens. With multitudes of flower clusters up to eight inches across, this classic shrub is a thing of beauty when it blooms.
Stroke refers to how the pistons move in the cylinder(s). The basic meaning is the length of the piston travel. Short stroke engines can turn over faster, but long stroke engi â¦ nes tend to have more pulling power. Stroke can also be used as 2-stroke and 4-stroke, which refers to the different work phases of the engine.
âResign,â meaning âto quit,â is spelled the same as âresign,â meaning âto sign up again,â but itâs pronounced differently. *. 10. Fast can mean moving rapidly, as in running fast, or âfixed, unmoving,â as in holding fast.. If colors are fast they will not run. The meaning âfirm, steadfastâ came first. The adverb took on the sense âstrongly, vigorously,â which evolved into âquickly,â a meaning that spread to the adjective.