# Stop

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**Stop** may refer to:

## Places

- [Stop, Kentucky](/source/Stop,_Kentucky), an unincorporated community in the United States
- [Stop (Rogatica)](/source/Stop_(Rogatica)), a village in Rogatica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

### Facilities

- [Bus stop](/source/Bus_stop)
- [Truck stop](/source/Truck_stop), a type of rest stop for truck drivers
- *Rail stop*, colloquialism for a [railway station](/source/Railway_station)

## Film and television

- *[*Stop!* (1970 film)](/source/Stop!_(1970_film))*, an American film by [Bill Gunn](/source/Bill_Gunn_(writer)) with Marlene Clark, Anna Aries, Edward Michael Bell
- *Stop* (1972 film), a French-Canadian film by [Jean Beaudin](/source/Jean_Beaudin)

- [*Stop!* (2004 film)](/source/Stop!_(2004_film)), a Hindi romantic film
- [*Stop* (2015 film)](/source/Stop_(2015_film)) South Korean-Japanese co-production directed by Kim Ki-duk
- [*Stop* (Albanian TV program)](/source/Stop_(Albanian_TV_program))

## Music

- [Double stop](/source/Double_stop), the act of playing two notes simultaneously
- [Organ stop](/source/Organ_stop), a component of a pipe organ
- [Stop (Stockhausen)](/source/Stop_(Stockhausen)), a composition for orchestra by Karlheinz Stockhausen

### Albums

- [*Stop* (Don Lanphere album)](/source/Stop_(Don_Lanphere_album)), and the title song, 1983
- [*Stop* (Eric Burdon Band album)](/source/Stop_(Eric_Burdon_Band_album)), and the title song, 1975
- [*Stop* (Franco De Vita album)](/source/Stop_(Franco_De_Vita_album)), 2004
- [*Stop* (Plain White T's album)](/source/Stop_(Plain_White_T's_album)), and the title song, 2001
- [*Stop!* (album)](/source/Stop!_(album)), by Sam Brown, and the title song, 1988

### Songs

- ["Stop!" (Against Me! song)](/source/Stop!_(Against_Me!_song))
- ["Stop" (Bang song)](/source/Stop_(Bang_song))
- ["Stop!" (Jane's Addiction song)](/source/Stop!_(Jane's_Addiction_song))
- ["Stop" (Omar Naber song)](/source/Stop_(Omar_Naber_song)), the Slovene entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
- ["Stop" (Pink Floyd song)](/source/Stop_(Pink_Floyd_song))
- ["Stop" (Ryan Adams song)](/source/Stop_(Ryan_Adams_song))
- ["Stop!" (Sam Brown song)](/source/Stop!_(Sam_Brown_song))
- ["Stop" (Sibel Redžep song)](/source/Stop_(Sibel_Red%C5%BEep_song))
- ["Stop" (Spice Girls song)](/source/Stop_(Spice_Girls_song))
- ["Stop" (Stefanie Heinzmann song)](/source/Stop_(Stefanie_Heinzmann_song)), recorded in 2009
- "[Stop! In the Name of Love](/source/Stop!_In_the_Name_of_Love)", a song by the Supremes
- "Stop", by [AJ Mitchell](/source/AJ_Mitchell)
- "Stop", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from *[Take Them On, On Your Own](/source/Take_Them_On,_On_Your_Own)*
- "Stop", by [Clyde McPhatter](/source/Clyde_McPhatter#Discography), B-side of the single "The Best Man Cried"
- "Stop", by Dope from *[Life](/source/Life_(Dope_album))*
- "Stop", by Fitz and the Tantrums from [*All the Feels*](/source/All_the_Feels_(album))
- "Stop", by En Vogue from *[Soul Flower](/source/Soul_Flower)*
- "Stop!", by Erasure from *[Crackers International](/source/Crackers_International)*
- "Stop", by Girls Aloud from *[Sound of the Underground](/source/Sound_of_the_Underground_(album))*
- "Stop", by J-Hope from *[Jack in the Box](/source/Jack_in_the_Box_(album))*
- "Stop", by James Gang from *[Yer' Album](/source/Yer'_Album)*
- "Stop", by the Linda Lindas from *[No Obligation](/source/No_Obligation)*
- "Stop", by Matchbox Twenty from *[Mad Season](/source/Mad_Season_(Matchbox_Twenty_album))*
- "Stop", by Mega City Four from *[Sebastopol Rd.](/source/Sebastopol_Rd.)*
- "Stop", by No Angels from *[Welcome to the Dance](/source/Welcome_to_the_Dance)*
- "Stop", by Stefanie Heinzmann from *[Roots to Grow](/source/Roots_to_Grow)*
- "Stop", by Twin Sister from "[In Heaven](/source/In_Heaven)"
- "(Stop)", by the Lottery Winners from *[Anxiety Replacement Therapy](/source/Anxiety_Replacement_Therapy)*
- "S.T.O.P.", by David Guetta from [*Listen*](/source/Listen_(David_Guetta_album))

## Medicine and anatomy

- [Stop (dog)](/source/Stop_(dog)), a part of a dog's skull
- [Stop codon](/source/Stop_codon), a type of RNA molecule in genetic code
- [STOP protein](/source/MAP6), a protein in animals
- [Surgical termination of pregnancy](/source/Surgical_termination_of_pregnancy), a type of abortion

## Linguistics

- [Stop consonant](/source/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](/source/Plosive) or an [occlusive](/source/Occlusive).

## Optics and photography

- Stop, the difference of a power of 2 in the context of [exposure value](/source/Exposure_value) - [F-stops](/source/F-stop), a unit of measure of aperture
- [Stop bath](/source/Stop_bath), a chemical used in film processing

## Arrestation devices

- [Door stop](/source/Door_stop)
- [Petzl Stop](/source/Petzl_Stop), a descender used in caving
- [Train stop](/source/Train_stop), a train protection device

## Halting

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

## Other uses

- [Safe Tables Our Priority](/source/Safe_Tables_Our_Priority), a food safety organization
- [Secure Trusted Operating Program](/source/Secure_Trusted_Operating_Program), a computer operating system
- [Stop](/source/Aldo_Novarese#Stop), a futuristic display typeface by Aldo Novarese
- [Stop squark](/source/Stop_squark), in quantum physics, a supersymmetric squark which is the superpartner of the top quark
- [Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment](/source/Society_of_Teachers_Opposed_to_Physical_Punishment), an organisation based in the United Kingdom
- [Strategic Operations](/source/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](/source/Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms#stopper))

## See also

- [Stopper (disambiguation)](/source/Stopper_(disambiguation))
- [Halt (disambiguation)](/source/Halt_(disambiguation))

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