Stride
WordNet
noun
(1) Significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides")
"They made big strides in productivity"
(2) A step in walking or running
(3) The distance covered by a step
"He stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
verb
(4) Cover or traverse by taking long steps
"She strode several miles towards the woods"
(5) Walk with long steps
"He strode confidently across the hall"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A long step.
- The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
- 2007, Andy Oram, Greg Wilson, Beautiful code
- This stride value is generally equal to the pixel width of the bitmap times the number of bytes per pixel, but for performance reasons it might be rounded...
- 2007, Andy Oram, Greg Wilson, Beautiful code
Verb
Usage notes
- The past participle of is extremely rare and mostly obsolete. Many people have trouble producing a form that feels natural.