Return stroke is the most luminous and noticeable part of the lightning discharge.

Return stroke may also refer to:

• Return stroke, a type of shot in tennis
• Return stroke in swimming
• Return stroke of a four-bar linkage
• Return stroke of a shaper
• Return stroke of a vacuum engine

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