Crescent (disambiguation)
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A crescent
is a shape symbolising the Moon
Crescent may also refer to:
Crescent
In art and symbolism, a crescent is generally the shape produced when a circular disk has a segment of another circle removed from its edge, so that what remains is a shape enclosed by two circular arcs of different diameters which intersect at two points .In astronomy, a crescent...
is a shape symbolising the Moon
Crescent may also refer to:
- Crescent lunar phaseLunar phaseA lunar phase or phase of the moon is the appearance of the illuminated portion of the Moon as seen by an observer, usually on Earth. The lunar phases change cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth, according to the changing relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun...
, the Moon phases when 1–49% of the Moon are visible - CroissantCroissantA croissant is a buttery flaky pastry named for its distinctive crescent shape. It is also sometimes called a crescent, from the French word for "crescent". Croissants are made of a leavened variant of puff pastry...
, a popular buttery French bread in the shape of a crescent moon
Biology
- Glomerular crescent, crescent-shaped scar tissue in kidneys formed as a result of an inflammation of blood vessels
- Crescent butterflies, brush-footed butterflies of the genera Anthanassa and PhyciodesPhyciodesPhyciodes, commonly but ambiguously called the "crescents" or "crescentspots" is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae.-Species:...
- Crescent (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon
Business
- Crescent wrench, a tool which can be used to loosen or tighten a nut or bolt
- Crescent (brand)Crescent (brand)Crescent, originally called the Crescent Tool Company, is a brand of hand tools. Founded in 1907, the Crescent brand has changed ownership multiple times. It is currently owned by Cooper Industries as part of its Cooper Hand Tools division...
, a brand of tools after which the Crescent wrench takes its name - Crescent ToysCrescent ToysCrescent Toys were a British toy manufacturing company in operation from 1922 to 1980. They manufactured die cast metal vehicles, toy guns, hollow cast and later plastic figures and toy soldiers of various historical periods...
, a British toy manufacturer from 1922 to 1980 - Crescent Arms, a firearms manufacturer bought by Savage ArmsSavage ArmsThe Savage Arms Company is a firearms manufacturing company based in Westfield, Massachusetts, with a division located in Canada. The company makes a variety of rimfire and centerfire rifles, as well as marketing the Stevens single-shot rifles and shotguns...
Education
- Crescent Engineering CollegeCrescent Engineering CollegeB. S. Abdur Rahman University is a private university from the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Previously functioning under Madras University and Anna University as B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, the institute gained deemed status in 2008–09, and was renamed B. S. Abdur Rahman...
, a private engineering college in Vandalur, Chennai (Madras), India - Crescent School (disambiguation), various
- Crescent Girls' SchoolCrescent Girls' SchoolCrescent Girls' School is an autonomous girls' school in Singapore and bears no affiliation to any other school. Students who applied for admission to Crescent in 2011 must obtain at least a PSLE score of 243 or above to qualify...
, an all-girls' secondary school in Singapore
Canada
- Crescent Heights, CalgaryCrescent Heights, CalgaryCrescent Heights is a neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located in the inner city, immediately north from Downtown...
, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta - Crescent StreetCrescent StreetCrescent Street is a southbound street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Running perpendicular to Saint Catherine Street, Crescent Street descends from Sherbrooke Street south to René-Lévesque Boulevard....
, a Montreal street famous for its nightlife - Crescent Town, TorontoCrescent Town, TorontoCrescent Town is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the former borough of East York. It is located near Victoria Park Avenue and Danforth Avenue...
, a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario
Europe
- Crescent (Occitania)Crescent (Occitania)The Crescent is a crescent-shaped linguistic zone, located in far northern Occitania , where people traditionally speak varieties of the Occitan language with transition features toward French; nevertheless Occitan features remain dominant.The first author who coined the name Crescent was...
, an Occitan dialectal zone - Crescent Shopping CentreCrescent Shopping CentreThe Crescent Shopping Centre is a major shopping centre in Limerick, Ireland. Located on what was at one time the outskirts of the city, in Dooradoyle, the centre now lies between the suburb of Raheen and the city proper...
is a mall in Limerick,Ireland
Middle East
- Fertile CrescentFertile CrescentThe Fertile Crescent, nicknamed "The Cradle of Civilization" for the fact the first civilizations started there, is a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia. The term was first used by University of Chicago...
, a historical region in the Middle East incorporating the Levant, Ancient Mesopotamia, and Ancient Egypt
United States
- Crescent, California, a region in Plumas County, California
- Crescent, GeorgiaCrescent, GeorgiaCrescent is an unincorporated community in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States. It lies along State Route 99 north of the city of Darien, the county seat of McIntosh County. Its elevation is 30 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 31304....
, an unincorporated community - Crescent IslandCrescent IslandCrescent Island is a small, roughly crescent-shaped island lying close south of Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. Roughly charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy. Surveyed and named in 1929–30 by DI personnel.- See also :...
, a crescent-shaped island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia - Crescent, IowaCrescent, IowaCrescent is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The population was 537 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Crescent is located at ....
, a city - Crescent, OregonCrescent, OregonCrescent is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. Crescent is located along U.S. Route 97 south-southwest of Bend. Crescent has a post office with ZIP code 97733....
, an unincorporated community - Crescent, Utah, a city
- Crescent, WisconsinCrescent, WisconsinCrescent is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,071 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Crescent Corner is located in the town.-Geography:...
, a town - Crescent, Chippewa County, WisconsinCrescent, Chippewa County, WisconsinCrescent is an unincorporated community located in the town of Arthur, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community - Crescent Corner, WisconsinCrescent Corner, WisconsinCrescent Corner is an unincorporated community located in the town of Crescent, Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. Crescent Corner is located near the Wisconsin River southwest of Rhinelander....
, an unincorporated community - Piedmont CrescentPiedmont CrescentThe Piedmont Crescent, also known as the Piedmont Urban Crescent, is a large, polycentric urbanized region in the U.S. state of North Carolina that forms the northern section of the rapidly developing I-85 Corridor megalopolis in the southeastern United States...
, a series of connected urban areas in North Carolina - Mount CrescentMount CrescentMount Crescent is a mountain located in the Crescent Range of the White Mountains in Randolph, New Hampshire. It is 3,251 ft high, and its summit is the second highest mountain summit in Randolph, after Black Crescent Mountain . Both mountains are in Randolph's Ice Gulch Town Forest...
, a summit in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Music
- Crescent (band)Crescent (band)Crescent are an alternative music band from Bristol, England, formed in the early 1990s by Matt Jones , Chris Locke and Jasper Larsen . Currently, the two principal members are brothers Matt Jones and Sam Jones...
, an alternative band from Bristol, UK - Crescent, a 2003 album by Japanese pop/rock artist Gackt
- Crescent (John Coltrane album), a 1964 album by John Coltrane
- Crescent (Gackt album), a 2003 album by Gackt
- Crescent RecordsCrescent RecordsCrescent Records was a United States based record label of the mid 20th century which issued jazz recordings.Crescent Records was founded by Nesuhi Ertegun in the 1940s and later named "Jazzman", like Ertegun's record store in Los Angeles. Among the musicians published by Crescent feature Kid Ory...
, a record label - Crescent (instrument), a percussion instrument
Transportation
- Crescent (Amtrak)Crescent (Amtrak)The Crescent is a passenger train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. It runs daily from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana as train 19 and returns, on the same route, as train 20. Most of the route of...
, an American passenger train running between New York City and New Orleans - HMS CrescentHMS CrescentEleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crescent:*HMS Crescent was a 14-gun ship purchased in 1643. She was captured in 1648 by the Royalists and wrecked in 1649....
, the name of 11 Royal Navy ships - HMCS Crescent, a World War II Royal Canadian Navy destroyer
- Crescent ShipyardCrescent ShipyardCrescent Shipyard, located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, built a number of ships for the United States Navy and allied nations as well during their production run, which lasted about ten years while under the Crescent name and banner. Production of these ships began before the Spanish-American war and...
, former shipyard in Elizabeth, New Jersey - Crescent, a Swedish bicycle brand manufactured by NymanbolagenNymanbolagenNymanbolagen was a Swedish bicycle, moped, and motorcycle manufacturing company in Uppsala, Sweden.In 1947 Nymans Verkstäder in Uppsala, Lindblads Verkstäder in Stockholm and some minor bicycle companies, formed Nymanbolagen AB, situated in Uppsala, Sweden.Nymans also manufactured small two cycle...
(later Monark-Crescentbolagen)
Other
- Crescent (architecture)Crescent (architecture)A crescent is an architectural structure where a number of houses, normally terraced houses, are laid out in an arc to form of a crescent shape. A famous historic crescent is the Royal Crescent in Bath, England.-See also:* Lansdown Crescent, Bath...
, an architectural structure where a number of houses are laid out in an arc to form of a crescent shape - Crescent of Embrace, a controversial design proposal for the Flight 93 National Memorial
- Crescent (novel), a 2003 novel by Diana Abu-Jaber
- Croissant (magazine)Croissant (magazine)is a Japanese magazine for middle-aged women, published by Magazine House . Many issues of the magazine concentrate on particular topics, but the magazine as a whole tends to dwell on interiors, cooking, health, and looking young....
, a Japanese magazine - Crescent meteorite of 1936, which fell in Oklahoma, United States (see meteorite fallsMeteorite fallsMeteorite falls, also called observed falls, are those meteorites that were witnessed by people or automated devices as they moved through the atmosphere or hit the Earth, and were subsequently collected. All other meteorites are called "finds"...
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