(US) The stopping by police of a motor vehicle in the case of a minor infringement of the law, in order to investigate other suspected criminal activity.

plural of pretextual stop

(mathematics) A random variable representing the time required for a stochastic process to satisfy a certain condition, which must be determined using only information available up to such time and must occur almost surely in finite time.

plural of stopping time

Alternative form of nonstopping

present participle of long-stop

(intransitive, cricket) To field in the role of long stop.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of long-stop

(rail transport) A passenger train that stops at most, if not all, of the stations on the route in the course of its journey.

A mechanical device that limits the travel of a mechanism. / A definite time when someone must end a task in order to meet another time commitment.