cascade vs stop

cascade

verb
  • To occur as a causal sequence. 

  • To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls. 

  • To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall. 

noun
  • A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade. 

  • A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand. 

  • A waterfall or series of small waterfalls. 

  • A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation). 

  • A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair. 

  • A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next 

  • A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain 

stop

verb
  • To cause (something) to come to an end. 

  • To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop. 

  • To cease; to no longer continue (doing something). 

  • To cease moving. 

  • To end someone else's activity. 

  • To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily. 

  • To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part. 

  • To make fast; to stopper. 

  • To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing. 

  • To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later. 

  • To adjust the aperture of a camera lens. 

  • To close or block an opening. 

  • Not to continue. 

punct
  • Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram. 

noun
  • An f-stop. 

  • A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ. 

  • A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light. 

  • A coup d'arret, or stop thrust. 

  • A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible. 

  • A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. 

  • One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced. 

  • An action of stopping; interruption of travel. 

  • A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. 

  • A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis. 

  • A small well-bucket; a milk-pail. 

  • A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal 

  • That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment. 

  • The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark. 

  • The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. 

  • A device intended to block the path of a moving object 

  • The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones. 

  • A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image. 

  • A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought. 

  • A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon. 

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