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stem

verb

  1. reduce a word to its root form
  2. to (cause to) stop, as with a flowing liquid
  3. to arise (from, of)
  4. to point skis inward in order to slow down
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noun

  1. most forward part of a boat or ship's bow
  2. part of a word
  3. vertical bar used for writing a musical note
  4. discrete or grouped collection of audio sources mixed together
  5. ski technique
  6. component on a bicycle
  7. act or process of arising (from, of)
  8. cause to stop (often flowing, as a liquid)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /stɛm/ / /stɪm/ / /stem/

name

  1. A surname.

noun

  1. Acronym of scanning transmission electron microscope.
  2. Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.

    “Although these six classifications of the scope and responsibility and specific engineering expertise are interesting and useful, they come from within engineering itself and they don’t help us to disentangle STEM.”

    “Table 7 shows that in general, the STEM subjects share more phrases with each other, while the opposite is true for the humanities subjects.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English stemmen, a borrowing from Old Norse stemma (“to stop, stem, dam”) (whence Danish stemme/stæmme (“to stem, dam up”)), from Proto-Germanic *stammijaną. Cognate with German stemmen, Middle Dutch stemmen, stempen. Compare stammer.

  1. To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).

    “to stem a tide”

    “[They] stem the flood with their erected breasts.”

  2. To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
  3. To use a stance with the feet spread apart, bracing them in opposite directions against the two walls of a chimney or dihedral.