Definitions for "Stoa"
Stoas were covered colonnaded buildings that varied in size. They could be a place for council meetings, law courts, offices, shops, storerooms, or informal meetings. The word "Stoic"" derives from stoa. Stoicism was the most influential philosophy in the Roman Empire before the rise of Christianity. Zeno (335-263 B.C.E.), the founder of Stoicism, met his students in the Stoa Poikile ("Painted Porch") in Athens. The name of the philosophy was inspired by the place where it began.
(STO·a) portico in Greek and Roman architecture.
Long colonnaded structure with a wall on one side, where people traditionally met to talk and conduct business.
Abbreviation for Solution Heat Treated and Over aged. A thermal processing procedure designed to effect the crystalline structure by causing one or more structural elements to enter into solid solution and thereafter hold (by quenching) these elements in solution. After quenching it is aged above the standard aging temperature. The process is designed to create more attractive properties in a metal product.