To droop means to hang down or sag, particularly if limp. Droop may also refer to:

Technical usage

Droop nose (aeronautics) The droop nose is a feature fitted to a small number of aircraft types so the nose of the aircraft can be lowered during takeoff and landing to improve the pilot's view of the ground below. This feature is used with a very-low aspect ratio wing ...

, an adjustable nose found on some supersonic aircraft *

Droop quota In the study of Electoral system, electoral systems, the Droop quota (sometimes called the Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff, Hagenbach-Bischoff, Britton, or Newland-Britton quota) is the Infimum, minimum number of votes a party or candidate needs to rece ...

, a type of quota for counting and transferring votes in an election *

Droop speed control Droop speed control is a control mode used for AC electrical power generators, whereby the power output of a generator reduces as the line frequency increases. It is commonly used as the speed control mode of the governor of a prime mover driving ...

, a speed control mode of a prime mover driving a synchronous generator connected to an electrical grid. *

Leading-edge droop flap The leading-edge droop flap is a device on the leading edge of aircraft wings designed to improve airflow at high angles of attack. The droop flap is similar to the leading-edge slat and the Krueger flap, but with the difference that the entire l ...

, a type of high-lift device found on the wings of some aircraft * Leading-edge droop, a feature of some aircraft wings *

LED droop A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons. The color of the light (corresp ...

, the lowering of efficiency of light-emitting diodes at higher electrical currents * The

steady-state error In systems theory, a system or a process is in a steady state if the variables (called state variables) which define the behavior of the system or the process are unchanging in time. In continuous time, this means that for those properties ''p'' ...

of a proportional controller *

Voltage droop Voltage droop is the intentional loss in output voltage from a device as it drives a load. Adding droop in a Voltage regulator, voltage regulation circuit increases the headroom for load Transient (oscillation), transients. All electrical syste ...

, the intentional loss in output voltage of a power supply as it drives a load

People

Marie Luise Droop Marie Luise Droop (15 January 1890 – 22 August 1959) was a German writer, director and producer. Biography Marie Martha Luise Fritsch was born on 15 January 1890 in Stettin. Her father was Karl Georg Fritsch, manager of a cement factory, her m ...

(1890-1959), a German writer and producer *

Henry Richmond Droop Henry Richmond Droop (12 September 1832 – 21 March 1884) was an English barrister after whom the Droop quota is named. He also may have been the first to write down what later became known as Duverger's Law, in 1869. He authored the book "On ...

(1831–1884), an English mathematician *

John Percival Droop John Percival Droop (4 October 1882 – 26 September 1963, in Vence, France) was a British classical archaeologist of Dutch descent. After attending Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, Droop became a student of the British Sc ...

(1882–1963), a British classical archaeologist *

Droop-E Earl Tywone Stevens Jr. (born February 18, 1988), better known by his stage name Droop-E, is an American rapper and record producer. He is the son of the Bay Area rapper E-40. Biography Droop-E was born Earl Tywone Stevens Jr. on February 18 ...

, American rapper

Fictional characters

Droopy Droopy is an animated character from the golden age of American animation. He is an anthropomorphic white Basset Hound with a droopy face. He was created in 1943 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer c ...

, cartoon character * Drooper, a character from the television show ''

The Banana Splits ''The Banana Splits'' is an American children's television variety show produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions and featuring the Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four costumed animal characters in red helmets with ...

'' * Droop, a muppet character from the television series ''The Muppet Show'' * Droop-a-Long, a cartoon character from the segment ''Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long'' in ''The Magilla Gorilla Show''

Places

* Droop, West Virginia * Droop Hill, a mountain landform in the Kincardine and Mearns region of Aberdeenshire, Scotland * Droop Mountain, a small mountain in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, United States

Other uses

Ptosis (disambiguation) Ptosis () refers to droopiness or abnormal downward displacement of a body part or organ. Medicine * Ptosis (eyelid) * Ptosis (chin) * Ptosis (breasts) * Visceroptosis, of the abdominal viscera ** Gastroptosis, of the stomach * Nephroptosi ...

, drooping of body parts *

Droop cup Droop cups (pronounced: ''Drope'') are a type of Little-Master Cups, Little-master cup in the pottery of ancient Greece, produced about 550 to 510 BC, probably mostly in Laconia. A few examples date to the fifth century BC. They are named after ...

, a type of bowl from Ancient Greece / Laconia, named after John Percival Droop * "Droop" (''RuPaul's Drag Race''), an episode of the American television series ''RuPaul's Drag Race''

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