Stop Explained

Stop may refer to:

Places

Stop, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States
Stop (Rogatica), a village in Rogatica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Facilities

Bus stop
Truck stop, a type of rest stop for truck drivers
Rail stop, colloquialism for a railway station

Film

Stop, a 1970 American film by Bill Gunn with Marlene Clark, Anna Aries, Edward Michael Bell
Stop, a 1972 French-Canadian film by Jean Beaudin

Stop!, a 2004 Hindi romantic film starring Dia Mirza
Stop (2015 film) South Korean-Japanese co-production directed by Kim Ki-duk

Music

Double stop, the act of playing two notes simultaneously
Organ stop, a component of a pipe organ
Stop (Stockhausen), a composition for orchestra by Karlheinz Stockhausen

Albums

Stop (Don Lanphere album), and the title song, 1983
Stop (Eric Burdon Band album), and the title song, 1975
Stop (Franco De Vita album), 2004
Stop (Plain White T's album), and the title song, 2001
Stop! (album), by Sam Brown, and the title song, 1988

Songs

"Stop!" (Against Me! song)
"Stop" (Bang song)
"Stop!" (Jane's Addiction song)
"Stop" (Omar Naber song), the Slovene entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
"Stop" (Pink Floyd song)
"Stop" (Ryan Adams song)
"Stop!" (Sam Brown song)
"Stop" (Sibel Redžep song)
"Stop" (Spice Girls song)
"Stop" (Stefanie Heinzmann song), recorded in 2009
"Stop! In the Name of Love", a song by the Supremes
"Stop", by AJ Mitchell
"Stop", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from Take Them On, On Your Own
"Stop", by Clyde McPhatter, B-side of the single "The Best Man Cried"
"Stop", by Dope from Life
"Stop", by Fitz and the Tantrums from All the Feels
"Stop", by En Vogue from Soul Flower
"Stop!", by Erasure from Crackers International
"Stop", by Girls Aloud from Sound of the Underground
"Stop", by J-Hope from Jack in the Box
"Stop", by James Gang from Yer' Album
"Stop", by the Linda Lindas from No Obligation
"Stop", by Matchbox Twenty from Mad Season
"Stop", by Mega City Four from Sebastopol Rd.
"Stop", by No Angels from Welcome to the Dance
"Stop", by Stefanie Heinzmann from Roots to Grow
"Stop", by Twin Sister from "In Heaven"
"(Stop)", by the Lottery Winners from Anxiety Replacement Therapy
"S.T.O.P.", by David Guetta from Listen

Medicine and anatomy

Stop (dog), a part of a dog's skull
Stop codon, a type of RNA molecule in genetic code
STOP protein, a protein in animals
Surgical termination of pregnancy, a type of abortion

Linguistics

Stop consonant, a type of consonant in which you block the flow of air for a moment and suddenly release it. Also known as a plosive or an occlusive.

Optics and photography

Stop, the difference of a power of 2 in the context of exposure value
- F-stops, a unit of measure of aperture
Stop bath, a chemical used in film processing

Arrestation devices

Door stop
Petzl Stop, a descender used in caving
Train stop, a train protection device

Halting

Stop sign, a traffic signal
Full stop (full point, period), a punctuation mark
- STOP, used to replace that symbol in telegraphs, as Morse code has no method to produce it (sometimes STOP was used for a comma and FULL STOP for the period).
Stop error, a computer error screen
Terry stop, a brief police detention in the United States

Other uses

Safe Tables Our Priority, a food safety organization
Secure Trusted Operating Program, a computer operating system
Stop, a futuristic display typeface by Aldo Novarese
Stop squark, in quantum physics, a supersymmetric squark which is the superpartner of the top quark
Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment, an organisation based in the United Kingdom
Strategic Operations, a military, police, and medical training company in San Diego
Stop or stopper, a specific type of card holding in one suit in the game of contract bridge (see: Glossary of contract bridge terms#stopper)

See also