Stop may refer to:

Places

* Stop, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Stop (Rogatica) Stop ( sr-cyrl, Стоп) is a village in the municipality of Rogatica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known inform ...

, a village in Rogatica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Facilities

* Bus stop *

Truck stop A truck stop, known as a service station in the United Kingdom, and a travel center by major chains in the United States, is a commercial facility which provides refueling, rest (parking), and often ready-made food and other services to motori ...

, a type of rest stop for truck drivers * ''Rail stop'', colloquialism for a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

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 Dia Mirza Rekhi (born Dia Handrich; 9 December 1981) is an Indian model, actress, producer, and social worker who predominantly works in Hindi films. Mirza won the title of Miss Asia Pacific International in 2000 after being crowned Femina Mi ...

* ''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 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 Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as Cell signaling, signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for Cell growth, growth, reaction to Stimu ...

'' * "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 ''Yer' Album'' is the debut studio album by American rock band James Gang. The album was released in early 1969 on the Bluesway label. This is the James Gang's only album to feature their bassist Tom Kriss. He was replaced by Dale Peters for their ...

'' * "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"

Medicine and anatomy

* Stop (dog), a part of a dog's skull *

Stop codon In molecular biology (specifically protein biosynthesis), a stop codon (or termination codon) is a codon ( nucleotide triplet within messenger RNA) that signals the termination of the translation process of the current protein. Most codons in ...

, 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 In phonetics, an occlusive, sometimes known as a stop, is a consonant sound produced by occluding (i.e. blocking) airflow in the vocal tract, but not necessarily in the nasal tract. The duration of the block is the ''occlusion'' of the consonan ...

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 Petzl Stop is a descender used primarily in caving and formerly used for industrial rope access made by the French company Petzl. Usage The Stop is for use with single low stretch kernmantle ropes and is usually attached to the harness via a car ...

, a descender used in caving * Train stop, a train protection device

Halting

Stop sign A stop sign is a traffic sign designed to notify drivers that they must come to a complete stop and make sure the intersection is safely clear of vehicles and pedestrians before continuing past the sign. In many countries, the sign is a red o ...

, a traffic signal *

Full stop The full stop ( Commonwealth English), period ( North American English), or full point , is a punctuation mark. It is used for several purposes, most often to mark the end of a declarative sentence (as distinguished from a question or exclam ...

(full point, period), a punctuation mark ** STOP, used to replace that symbol in telegraphs, as

Morse code Morse code is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called ''dots'' and ''dashes'', or ''dits'' and ''dahs''. Morse code is named after Samuel Morse, one ...

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 ''Terry'' stop in the United States allows the police to briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity. ("In ''Terry v. Ohio'', 392 U. S. 1, 30 (1968), we held that the police can stop and briefly de ...

, 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)