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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:
STOP Programme - (An acronym for "Straight Thinking On Probation") - In some jurisdictions, offenders of certain offences, especially sexual offences, are put on a STOP programme to modify their criminal behavior.
Stops (Dynamic Range), the amount of contrast between black and white in video, film, and still photography
A stop consonant in linguistics (also known as a plosive or occlusive)
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 film:
Stop!, a 2004 Indian film starring Dia Mirza
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
Bands:
"Stop", Italian Rock Band
Songs:
"Stop" by Pink Floyd
"Stop" by the Spice Girls
"Stop", by the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"Stop!" by Erasure
"Stop!" by Sam Brown, notably covered by Jamelia
"Stop!" by Jane's Addiction
"Stop!" by Against Me!
"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.
Stop by Death Angel
Albums:
Stop by Franco De Vita
Stop by the Plain White T's
Stop! by Sam Brown
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