Cast
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Cast may refer to:
  • Casting
    Casting
    In metalworking, casting involves pouring liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to cool and solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process...

    , a process by which a material is introduced into a mould while liquid, and allowed to solidify into a specific shape
  • Casting, moulting or shedding of hair in most breeds of dog and other mammals
  • Casting (performing arts)
    Casting (performing arts)
    In the performing arts, casting is a pre-production process for selecting a cast of actors, dancers, singers, models and other talent for a live or recorded performance.-Casting process:...

    , a pre-production process for selecting a cast of actors and other talent
    • Cast member
      Cast member
      A cast member is:* An actor who performs in a theatrical production, motion picture, or television program. The actors who perform in the show are collectively referred to as the cast....

      , (c.1631) a group of performers in a play, movie, or performing arts
  • Orthopedic cast
    Orthopedic cast
    An orthopedic cast, body cast or surgical cast, is a shell, frequently made from plaster, encasing a limb to hold a broken bone in place until healing is confirmed...

    , a protective shell which is used to help heal broken bones by holding the limb in place
  • In archaeology
    Archaeology
    Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

    , a cavity formed by the decomposition of wood furnishings or human or animal remains, previously covered due to volcanic ash fall
  • The casting of magic spells
    Magic (paranormal)
    Magic is the claimed art of manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult laws unknown to science. It is in contrast to science, in that science does not accept anything not subject to either direct or indirect observation, and subject to logical...

  • In falconry
    Falconry
    Falconry is "the taking of wild quarry in its natural state and habitat by means of a trained raptor". There are two traditional terms used to describe a person involved in falconry: a falconer flies a falcon; an austringer flies a hawk or an eagle...

    , flying two or more falconry birds together
  • In computer science
    Computer science
    Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

    , a typecast
    Type conversion
    In computer science, type conversion, typecasting, and coercion are different ways of, implicitly or explicitly, changing an entity of one data type into another. This is done to take advantage of certain features of type hierarchies or type representations...

     is a programming language method for changing data types

In music

  • Cast (band)
    Cast (band)
    Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power and Peter Wilkinson after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split...

    , an English alternative rock band
  • Cast (Mexican band)
    Cast (Mexican band)
    Cast has been around from the 1970s, specializing on progressive rock, similar to early Genesis. Their music focuses strongly on keyboards, guitars, and vocals. Cast hosts an annual progressive rock festival called Baja Prog in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico featuring bands from around the...

    , a progressive Mexican rock band

Other

  • Cast, Finistère
    Cast, Finistère
    Cast is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.-References:** ;-External links:* *...

    , a commune of the Finistère département, in France
  • Cast (earthworm), mineral-rich organic matter that is excreted by earthworm
    Earthworm
    Earthworm is the common name for the largest members of Oligochaeta in the phylum Annelida. In classical systems they were placed in the order Opisthopora, on the basis of the male pores opening posterior to the female pores, even though the internal male segments are anterior to the female...

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  • Urinary cast, tubules found in urine
  • Casting (tails), a process whereby animals can 'drop' their tail, which may or may not regenerate
  • Cast (archery)
    Cast (archery)
    A bow's cast is the distance it can shoot an arrow in archery....

    , the distance a bow can shoot its arrow
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