Stem or STEM most commonly refers to:
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Plant stem
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root. It supports leaf, leaves, flowers and fruits, transports water and dissolved substances between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and phloem, engages ...
, a structural axis of a vascular plant
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Stem group
In phylogenetics, the crown group or crown assemblage is a collection of species composed of the living representatives of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor. ...
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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 or STEM can also refer to:
Language and writing
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Word stem
In linguistics, a word stem is a word part responsible for a word's lexical meaning. The term is used with slightly different meanings depending on the morphology of the language in question. For instance, in Athabaskan linguistics, a verb stem ...
, part of a word responsible for its lexical meaning
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Stemming, a process in natural language processing
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Stem (music)
In musical notation, stems are the "thin, vertical lines that are directly connected to the otehead." Stems may point up or down. Different-pointing stems indicate the voice for polyphonic music written on the same staff. Within one voice, t ...
, in music notation, the vertical lines directly connected to the note head
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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 ''horizont ...
, the main vertical stroke of a letter
* Stem, the opening of a
multiple choice
Multiple choice (MC), objective response or MCQ (for multiple choice question) is a form of an objective assessment in which respondents are asked to select only the correct answer from the choices offered as a list. The multiple choice format i ...
question
Music and audio
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Stem (audio)
In audio production, a stem is a discrete or grouped collection of audio sources Audio mixing (recorded music), mixed together, usually by one person, to be dealt with downstream as one unit. A single stem may be delivered in mono, stereo, or in ...
, a collection of audio sources mixed together to be dealt with downstream as one unit
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Stem (music)
In musical notation, stems are the "thin, vertical lines that are directly connected to the otehead." Stems may point up or down. Different-pointing stems indicate the voice for polyphonic music written on the same staff. Within one voice, t ...
, a part of a written musical note
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Stem mixing and mastering
Stem-mixing is a method of mixing audio material based on creating groups of audio tracks called stems and processing them separately prior to combining them into a final master mix. Stems are also sometimes referred to as submixes, subgrou ...
, a method of mixing audio material
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The Stems, an Australian garage punk band
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"Stem" (DJ Shadow song), 1996
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"Stem" (Ringo Sheena song), 2003
* "Stem", a song by Hayden from the 1995 album ''
Everything I Long For''
* "Stem", a song by Static-X from the 1999 album ''
Wisconsin Death Trip''
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Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", or "Die Stem", the national anthem of South Africa during the apartheid era
Science, technology and transportation
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, a type of microscopy
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Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler
The Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM) is free software available through the Eclipse Foundation. Originally developed by IBM Research, STEM is a framework and development tool designed to help scientists create and use spatial an ...
, free software
* Stem, part of a compound variable in the
Rexx
Rexx (restructured extended executor) is a high-level programming language developed at IBM by Mike Cowlishaw. Both proprietary and open-source software, open source Rexx interpreter (computing), interpreters exist for a wide range of comput ...
computer programming language
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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 ...
, connecting the handlebars to the steerer tube of a bicycle fork
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Stem (ship)
The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself. It is often found on wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively.
Description
The stem is the curved edge stretching from the keel below, up to ...
, the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow
* Stem, part of a
watch
A watch is a timepiece carried or worn by a person. It is designed to maintain a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is worn around the wrist, attached by a watch strap or another type of ...
Other uses
* Stem, a detail of
stemware
Stemware is drinkware where the bowl stands on a ''stem'' above a ''foot'' (base that allows to put the vessel down onto a table). It is usually made from glass, but may be made from ceramics or metals. The stemware is intended for cool bever ...
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Stem (glass)
Stemware is drinkware where the bowl stands on a ''stem'' above a ''foot'' (base that allows to put the vessel down onto a table). It is usually made from glass, but may be made from ceramics or metals. The stemware is intended for cool bevera ...
, the stem of a drinking glass
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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, where ...
, or soft butch, who exhibits some stereotypical butch traits
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Stem (skiing)
The stem christie or wedge christie, is a type of skiing turn that originated in the mid-1800s in Norway and lasted until the late 1960s. It comprises three steps: 1) forming a wedge by rotating the tail of one ski outwards at an angle to the di ...
, a technique in skiing
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Stem, North Carolina
Stem is a town in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 960 at the 2020 census.
History
File:Stem Town Hall.jpg, Stem Town Hall
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, U.S., a town
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STEM.org, an American multinational education company
* Stemming, a
term in climbing
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''Upgrade'' (film), a 2018 film, originally released as ''STEM'', featuring an AI chip called STEM
See also
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Stemm (disambiguation) Stemm may refer to:
* Stemm (band), an American metal band
* STEMM, abbreviation for Science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine
* Stemm, Indiana, a community in the US
See also
* Stem (disambiguation)
* Stemme, a German l ...
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STEM Academy (disambiguation)
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Stem cell
In multicellular organisms, stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells that can change into various types of cells and proliferate indefinitely to produce more of the same stem cell. They are the earliest type of cell ...
, an undifferentiated biological cell that can differentiate into specialized cells
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Stem group
In phylogenetics, the crown group or crown assemblage is a collection of species composed of the living representatives of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor. ...
, or crown group, in phylogenetics
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Main stem
In hydrology, a main stem or mainstem (also known as a trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries". The mainstem extends all the way from one specific headwater to the outlet of the river, although t ...
, the primary downstream segment of a river
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