To droop means to hang down, to sag, particularly if limp. Droop may refer to:
Technical usage
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Droop nose (aeronautics)
The droop nose or drooped nose is a feature fitted to a small number of aircraft designs, the majority of these being also equipped with delta wings and capable of supersonic speeds.
It is typically fitted upon an aircraft that possesses a sh ...
, an adjustable nose found on some supersonic aircraft
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Droop quota
The Droop quota is the quota most commonly used in elections held under the single transferable vote (STV) system. It is also sometimes used in elections held under the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation (list PR ...
, a type of quota for counting and transferring votes in an election
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Droop speed control
Droop speed control is a control mode used for AC electrical power generators, whereby the power output of a generator reduces as the line frequency increases. It is commonly used as the speed control mode of the governor of a prime mover driving ...
, a speed control mode of a prime mover driving a synchronous generator connected to an electrical grid.
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Leading-edge droop flap
The leading-edge droop flap is a device on the leading edge of aircraft wings designed to improve airflow at high pitch angles (high angle of attack). The droop flap is similar to the leading-edge slat and the Krueger flap, but with the differenc ...
, a type of high-lift device found on the wings of some aircraft
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Leading-edge droop, a feature of some aircraft wings
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LED droop, the lowering of efficiency of light-emitting diodes at higher electrical currents
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steady-state error of a proportional controller
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Voltage droop, the intentional loss in output voltage of a power supply as it drives a load
People
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Marie Luise Droop (1890-1959), a German writer and producer
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Henry Richmond Droop (1831–1884), an English mathematician
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John Percival Droop (1882–1963), a British classical archaeologist
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Droop-E, American rapper
Fictional characters
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Droopy
Droopy is an animated character from the golden age of American animation. He is an anthropomorphic white Basset Hound with a droopy face; hence his name. He was created in 1943 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro- ...
, cartoon character
* Drooper, a character from the television show ''
The Banana Splits
''The Banana Splits'' is an American television variety show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and featuring the Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four costumed animal characters in red marching band hats with yellow plumes. ...
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* Droop, a
muppet character from the television series ''The Muppet Show''
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Droop-a-Long, a cartoon character from the segment ''Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long'' in ''The Magilla Gorilla Show''
Places
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Droop, West Virginia
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Droop Hill, a mountain landform in the Kincardine and Mearns region of Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Droop Mountain, a small mountain in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, United States
Other uses
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Ptosis (disambiguation), drooping of body parts
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Droop cup, a type of bowl from Ancient Greece / Laconia, named after John Percival Droop
See also
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Drupe
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part ( exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or ''pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kernel ...
, a form of fruit
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Drop (disambiguation)
Drop, DROP, drops or DROPS may refer to:
* Drop (liquid) or droplet, a small volume of liquid
** Eye drops, saline (sometimes mydriatic) drops used as medication for the eyes
* Drop (unit), a unit of measure of volume
* Falling (physics), allo ...
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