Droop
# Droop

To droop means to hang down, to sag, particularly if limp. Droop may refer to:

## Technical usage

* Droop nose (aeronautics), an adjustable nose found on some supersonic aircraft
* Droop quota, a type of quota for counting and transferring votes in an election
* Droop speed control, a speed control mode of a prime mover driving a synchronous generator connected to an electrical grid.
* Leading-edge droop flap, a type of high-lift device found on the wings of some aircraft
* Leading-edge droop, a feature of some aircraft wings
* LED droop, the lowering of efficiency of light-emitting diodes at higher electrical currents
* The steady-state error of a proportional controller
* Voltage droop, the intentional loss in output voltage of a power supply as it drives a load

## People

* Marie Luise Droop (1890-1959), a German writer and producer
* Henry Richmond Droop (1831–1884), an English mathematician
* John Percival Droop (1882–1963), a British classical archaeologist
* Droop-E, American rapper

## Fictional characters

* Droopy, cartoon character
* Drooper, a character from the television show The Banana Splits
* Droop, a muppet character from the television series The Muppet Show
* Droop-a-Long, a cartoon character from the segment Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long in The Magilla Gorilla Show

## Places

* Droop, West Virginia
* Droop Hill, a mountain landform in the Kincardine and Mearns region of Aberdeenshire, Scotland
* Droop Mountain, a small mountain in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, United States

## Other uses

* Ptosis (disambiguation), drooping of body parts
* Droop cup, a type of bowl from Ancient Greece / Laconia, named after John Percival Droop
