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• Stop-bath

  noun, Photography. 1. an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print. noun 1. a weakly acidic solution used in photographic processing to stop the action of a developer on a film, plate, or paper before the material is immersed in fixer

• Stop-bead

  noun 1. a strip of molding along the inside of a window frame for holding a sliding sash.

• Stop bit

  In serial communications, where each bit of the message is transmitted in sequence, stop bits are extra “1” bits which follow the data and any parity bit. They mark the end of a unit of transmission (normally a byte or character). For example, characters on an EIA-232 serial line may have one or two stop […]

• Stop-by

  verb (used with object), stopped or (Archaic) stopt; stopping. 1. to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running. 2. to cause to cease; put an end to: to stop noise in the street. 3. to interrupt, arrest, or check (a course, proceeding, process, etc.): Stop your work just a minute. 4. to cut […]

• Stop chorus

  noun 1. (jazz) a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music

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