Definitions for "Halt"
Keywords:  lame, limp, arrest, cease, stop
3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
A halt is an interruption in trading of a certain security. For MovieStocks, halting always occurs the day of a film's wide release. Trading resumes when estimates of the box-office numbers for the opening weekend are released. For StarBonds, halting occurs the day their credited MovieStock is cash out from the Exchange.
An issue is halted when it is temporarily halted from trading, usually for 30 minutes, during the time when news from the issuing company is being disseminated over the news wires. A trading halt gives investors an equal opportunity to evaluate news and make their buy, sell and hold decisions accordingly. A trading halt may also be imposed for purely regulatory reasons, either by the Nasdaq Stock Market or an exchange.
A dressage position in which the horse stands motionless with apparently equal distribution of weight on all four legs. The neck is raised with the front of the head close to vertical and the ears indicating attention. H08214. Definition from Hurnik et al., 1995.
disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
when the horse is at a standstill
Acronyms for Highly Accelerated Life Test. HALT tests are designed to expose products to extreme levels of thermal, vibration and product specific stresses to precipitate failures as quickly as possible.
Highly accelerated life test. A process developed to uncover design defects and weaknesses in electronic and mechanical assemblies using a vibration system combined with rapid high and low temperature changes. The purpose of HALT is to optimize product reliability by identifying the functional and destructive limits of a product. HALT addresses reliability issues at an early stage in product development.
Highly accelerated life testing.
A halt, in railway parlance, is a small railway station, usually unstaffed and with few facilities.
(open position) impending really good news or really bad news, but in either case, the scariest thing ever invented
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
Keywords:  rhythm, irregular, defective
To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.