Stop
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The word stop has several possible meanings in the English language, but most commonly means to cease moving.
Additionally, stop can refer to:
- Stops (Dynamic Range), the amount of contrast between black and white in video, film, and still photography
- Stop consonant in linguistics
- Aperture, a structure that limits the diameter of a light path in an optical system
- f-stops, a unit of measure of aperture
- Exposure (photography), a relative measure of exposure
- Stop squark, the supersymmetric partner of the top quark, in particle physics
- Stop codon in genetic code.
- Full stop, a punctuation mark known in the U.S. as a "period" and shortened to stop in telegraph messages
- The point on an animal's head at which the muzzle meets the forehead
- Blue Screen of Death, an error in Microsoft Windows or Windows-based operating systems
- Stop, a brand name climbing device made by Petzl
- In music:
- Organ stop, one or more ranks of pipes used together to make a particular sound on a pipe organ; also the control used to select them
- Double stop, stopping multiple strings on a stringed instrument
- Songs:
- Stop (Spice Girls song), a 1998 release by Spice Girls, from the album Spiceworld
- Stop (Pink Floyd song), a song by Pink Floyd, from the album The Wall
- "Stop", a song by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from their 2003 album Take Them On, On Your Own
- "Stop, Hey, What's that sound?", the famous first line of the chorus to "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, which is sometimes mistaken for its title
- Albums:
- Stop, a 2004 album by Franco De Vita
- Stop (album) by Plain White T's
[edit] See also
- Stop!, the name of several songs and films
- Bus stop and tram stop, places where the bus or tram stops for people to get on and off
- Door stop, a wedge to stop a door from closing when you want it open
- Stop sign, a traffic sign informing drivers to make a temporary stop
- Terry stop, in U.S. law, a stop-and-frisk law enforcement procedure less intrusive than an arrest, so probable cause is not required
- Truck stop, an eating establishment on a major trucking route with a large carpark for truck drivers to stop and refresh themselves, and often with other amenities available
- Stop light, a group of lights red yellow or green
- Hammertime