Definition of Stopes

1. Noun. Birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958).


Definition of Stopes

1. Noun. (plural of stope) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stopes

1. stope [v] - See also: stope

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stopes

stop the presses
stop up
stop valve
stop word
stop words
stopband
stopbands
stopbank
stopbanks
stopcock
stopcocks
stope
stoped
stoper
stopers
stopes
stopgap
stopgaps
stoping
stopings
stopless
stoplight
stoplights
stoplist
stoplists
stopo watch
stopoff
stopoffs
stoponium
stoponiums

Literary usage of Stopes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"See also Fujii, K., Bot. Mag., Tokyo, vol. xxiv, 1910, pp. 197-220, and Stopes, MC, Ann. of Bot., vol. xxv, 1911, pp. 269, 270. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1920)
"STOPING The first stopes opened were those on the upper levels directly under the outcrop. With shrinkage stoping, less than 50 per cent, of the ore broken ..."

3. Principles of Mining: Valuation, Organization and Administration; Copper by Herbert Hoover (1909)
"METHODS OF ORE-BREAKING; UNDERHAND Stopes; OVERHAND Stopes; COMBINED STOPE. ... 2. Methods of supporting excavation. 3. Methods of transport in stopes. ..."

4. Principles of Mining: Valuation, Organization and Administration; Copper by Herbert Hoover (1909)
"METHODS OF ORE-BREAKING; UNDERHAND Stopes; OVERHAND Stopes; COMBINED STOPE. ... 2. Methods of supporting excavation. 3. Methods of transport in stopes. ..."

5. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"See also Fujii. K., Bot. Mag., Tokyo, vol. xxiv, 1910, pp. 197-220, and Stopes, MC, Ann. of Bot., vol. xxv, ..."

6. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"197 220, and Stopes, MC, Ann. of Bot., vol. xxv, 1911. pp. 269, 270. ' A good summary of the Cretaceous of Africa with bibliography is given by Krenkel, E., ..."

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