Stem or STEM may refer to:

Plant structures

Plant stem A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root. It supports leaves, flowers and fruits, transports water and dissolved substances between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and phloem, stores nutrien ...

, a plant's aboveground axis, made of vascular tissue, off which leaves and flowers hang *

Stipe (botany) In botany, a stipe is a stalk that supports some other structure. The precise meaning is different depending on which taxonomic group is being described. file:Helicteres-Yucatán-Flowers.jpg, The long stipe of a '' Helicteres'' flower. file:Helic ...

, a stalk to support some other structure *

Stipe (mycology) In mycology, a stipe () is the stem or stalk-like feature supporting the cap of a mushroom. Like all tissues of the mushroom other than the hymenium, the stipe is composed of sterile hyphal tissue. In many instances, however, the fertile hymeniu ...

, the stem of a mushroom under the cap *

Stem (vine) In viticulture, the Canopy (biology), canopy of a Vitis, grapevine includes the parts of the vine visible aboveground - the trunk (botany), trunk, canopy (vine)#Cordon, cordon, Plant stem, stems, Leaf, leaves, flowers, and grape, fruit. The canopy ...

, part of a grapevine *

Trunk (botany) In botany, the trunk (or bole) is the plant stem, stem and main wooden axis of a tree, which is an important feature in tree identification, and which often differs markedly from the bottom of the trunk to the top, depending on the species. The t ...

, the woody stem of a tree

Education

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is an umbrella term used to group together the distinct but related technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The term is typically used in the context of ...

(STEM), a broad term used in curricula and policy *

STEM.org STEM.org is an American multinational education company

, an educational publisher and service * Stem, a multiple choice question lede (excluding the options)

Language and writing

Word stem In linguistics, a word stem is a part of a word responsible for its lexical meaning. The term is used with slightly different meanings depending on the morphology of the language in question. In Athabaskan linguistics, for example, a verb stem is ...

, the part of a word common to all its inflected variants ** Stemming, a process in natural language processing *

Stem (typography) Typeface anatomy describes the graphic elements that make up letters in a typeface. Strokes The ''strokes'' are the components of a letterform. Strokes may be ''straight'', as in , or ''curved'', as in . If straight, they may be ''horizontal, ...

, the main vertical stroke of a letter * Stem (music), a part of a written musical note

Man-made objects

* Stem (ship), the upright member mounted on the forward end of a vessel's keel, to which the strakes are attached *

Stem (bicycle part) The stem is the component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the steerer tube of the bicycle fork. Sometimes called a ''goose neck'', a stem's design belongs to either a ''quill'' or ''threadless'' system, and each system is compatib ...

, connects the handlebars to the steer tube of a bicycle fork * Stem (glass), the stem of a drinking glass * Stem, part of a

watch A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by ...

Crack stem Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of the stimulant cocaine that can be smoked. Crack offers a short, intense high to smokers. The ''Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment'' calls i ...

, a device for smoking crack cocain

Music and audio

* Stem (audio), a collection of audio sources mixed together to be dealt with downstream as one unit * Stem (music), a part of a written musical note * Stem mixing and mastering, a method of mixing audio material * The Stems, an Australian garage rock/power pop group from the 1980s

Songs

* "Stem", a song by Canadian musician Hayden from the 1995 album ''

Everything I Long For ''Everything I Long For'' is the debut album by Canadian singer-songwriter Hayden. It was initially released in Canada on Hardwood Records. It was later re-released in 1996 (with slightly modified cover art) on Sonic Unyon, and internationally o ...

'' * "Stem" (DJ Shadow song), a song by DJ Shadow from the 1996 album ''Endtroducing.....'' * "Stem", a song by American industrial metal band Static-X from the 1999 album ''

Wisconsin Death Trip ''Wisconsin Death Trip'' is a 1973 historical nonfiction book by Michael Lesy, originally published by Pantheon Books. It charts numerous sordid, tragic, and bizarre incidents that took place in and around Jackson County, Wisconsin between 188 ...

'' * "Stem" (Ringo Sheena song), a song by Ringo Sheena from the 2003 album ''Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana'' * "

Die Stem van Suid-Afrika Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (, ), also known as "The Call of South Africa" or simply "Die Stem" (), is a former national anthem of South Africa. There are two versions of the song, one in English and the other in Afrikaans, which were in use earl ...

", a former national anthem of South Africa, used during the apartheid era

Outdoor recreation

* Stem (skiing), a technique in skiing * Stem, a term in climbing

Science and technology

Stem cell In multicellular organisms, stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells that can differentiate into various types of cells and proliferate indefinitely to produce more of the same stem cell. They are the earliest type o ...

, an undifferentiated biological cell that can differentiate into specialized cells * Stem group, of a clade (in biological classification), consists of extinct organisms more closely related to the crown group than to any other extant clade *

, a grouping of academic disciplines capitalized as STEM *

Scanning transmission electron microscopy A scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) is a type of transmission electron microscope (TEM). Pronunciation is tɛmor �sti:i:ɛm As with a conventional transmission electron microscope (CTEM), images are formed by electrons passing ...

, a type of microscopy * Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler, software developed by IBM * Stem, part of a compound variable in the

Rexx Rexx (Restructured Extended Executor) is a programming language that can be interpreted or compiled. It was developed at IBM by Mike Cowlishaw. It is a structured, high-level programming language designed for ease of learning and reading. ...

computer programming language *

Main stem In hydrology, a mainstem (or trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries". Water enters the mainstem from the river's drainage basin, the land area through which the mainstem and its tributaries flow.. A ...

of a river

Other uses

* ''Stem'' (film), or ''Upgrade'', 2018 Australian science fiction horror film *

Stem (lesbian) A soft butch, or stem (stud-fem), is a lesbian who exhibits some stereotypical butch traits without fitting the masculine stereotype associated with butch lesbians. Soft butch is on the spectrum of butch, as are stone butch and masculine, whereas ...

, a woman who exhibits some stereotypical butch and lesbian traits *

Stem, North Carolina Stem is a town in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 960 at the 2020 Census. History The town of Stem was established as a separate and distinct entity from Tally Ho township in 1888 by William Thomas Stem. T ...

, a city in Granville County, US