Outstroke for Dummies

Outstroke is a word that we can break down into two smaller words: "out" and "stroke." The word "out" means moving away from something or being on the exterior, like when we go outside our house and play in the park. And "stroke" refers to a movement, like when we paint a picture with a brush, we make strokes on the canvas. So, putting these two words together, an "outstroke" means a movement that goes outward or away from something.

Let's think of it this way: imagine you are on a river, and you are in a little boat. The boat moves forward, and you can see the ripples created on the water's surface by the boat's movement. Now, if you were to paddle in the opposite direction, away from where you came from, you would create a stroke that moves outward from the center of where your boat was before. This stroke away from the center is called an "outstroke."

Another way to understand "outstroke" is by thinking about drawing or writing. When we take a pen or a pencil and move it across a paper, the lines we make on the paper are strokes. An "outstroke" in this case would mean starting from the middle of the page and moving our hand and pen or pencil in a motion that takes it away from the center of the page. It's like starting in the middle and moving outwards.

So to summarize, "outstroke" is a word that describes a movement or stroke that goes outward or away from a particular point, like paddling away from the center of a river or drawing a line that starts from the middle of the paper and extends towards the edges. I hope this explanation helps you understand what "outstroke" means!