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stop: see punctuation punctuation [Lat.,=point], the use of special signs in writing to clarify how words are used; the term also refers to the signs themselves. In every language, besides the sounds of the words that are strung together there are other features, such as tone, accent, and ..... Click the link for more information. . stop 1. a plug or stopper 2. a block, screw, or other device or object that prevents, limits, or terminates the motion of a mechanism or moving part 3. Fencing a counterthrust made without a parry in the hope that one's blade will touch before one's opponent's blade 4. Music a. the act of stopping the string, finger hole, etc., of an instrument b. a set of organ pipes or harpsichord strings that may be allowed to sound as a group by muffling or silencing all other such sets c. a knob, lever, or handle on an organ, etc., that is operated to allow sets of pipes to sound d. an analogous device on a harpsichord or other instrument with variable registers, such as an electrophonic instrument 5. the angle between the forehead and muzzle of a dog or cat, regarded as a point in breeding 6. Nautical a short length of line or small stuff used as a tie, esp for a furled sail 7. Photog a. a setting of the aperture of a camera lens, calibrated to the corresponding f-number b. another name for diaphragm 8. a block or carving used to complete the end of a moulding 9. Bridge a protecting card or winner in a suit in which one's opponents are strong How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The seats that were removed are then trucked to Regent's plant and stopped down for inspection. At the same time, because of the air of abandonment that surrounds this house-that-is-no-house, the image summons up everything else that can't be seen in it--not only the faces that aren't there, but also the actors that no longer act, the crew that no longer films, the filmic apparatus that is no longer present, and with its absence, all the moments, stopped down to a single moment, that are (is) past. |
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