Head (disambiguation)
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The head
is the part of an animal that usually comprises the brain, eyes, ears, nose and mouth.
Head may also refer to:
Head
In anatomy, the head of an animal is the rostral part that usually comprises the brain, eyes, ears, nose and mouth . Some very simple animals may not have a head, but many bilaterally symmetric forms do....
is the part of an animal that usually comprises the brain, eyes, ears, nose and mouth.
Head may also refer to:
Science
- Head (linguistics)Head (linguistics)In linguistics, the head is the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member, or analogously the stem that determines the semantic category of a compound of which it is a component. The other elements modify the head....
, the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member - Head (geography) or headland, a type of peninsula
- Head (botany)Head (botany)The capitulum is considered the most derived form of inflorescence. Flower heads found outside Asteraceae show lesser degrees of specialization....
, a structure composed of numerous individual flowers - Head (geology), recent near-surface deposits
Technology
- Head (vessel)Head (vessel)The end caps on a cylindrically shaped Pressure vessel are commonly known as heads.-Head shapes:The shape of the heads used can vary. The most common head shapes are:...
, end caps on a pressure vessel - Cylinder headCylinder headIn an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head sits above the cylinders on top of the cylinder block. It closes in the top of the cylinder, forming the combustion chamber. This joint is sealed by a head gasket...
, a part of an internal combustion engine - Hydraulic headHydraulic headHydraulic head or piezometric head is a specific measurement of water pressure above a geodetic datum. It is usually measured as a water surface elevation, expressed in units of length, at the entrance of a piezometer...
, a specific measurement of water pressure- Pressure headPressure headPressure head is a term used in fluid mechanics to represent the internal energy of a fluid due to the pressure exerted on its container. It may also be called static pressure head or simply static head...
- Static head
- Total dynamic head
- Velocity head
- Pressure head
- Recording headRecording headA recording head is the physical interface between a recording apparatus and a moving recording medium. Recording heads are generally classified according to the physical principle that allows them to impress their data upon their medium...
, the physical interface between a recording apparatus and a moving recording medium- Disk read-and-write headDisk read-and-write headDisk read/write heads are the small parts of a disk drive, that move above the disk platter and transform platter's magnetic field into electrical current or vice versa – transform electrical current into magnetic field...
- Disk read-and-write head
- High Energy Astrophysics Division, a division of the American Astronomical Society
Computer programming
- , an HTML document structure element
- HEAD, an HTTP request method
- head (Unix)Head (Unix)head is a program on Unix and Unix-like systems used to display the first few lines of a text file or piped data. The command syntax is: head [options] <file_name>...
, a UNIX command
Maritime
- Head (watercraft)Head (watercraft)The head is a ship's toilet. The name derives from sailing ships in which the toilet area for the regular sailors was placed at the head or bow of the ship.-Design:In sailing ships the toilet was placed in the bow for two reasons...
, a toilet on a watercraft - HeadsailHeadsailA headsail of a sailing vessel is any sail set forward of the foremost mast. The most common headsails are staysails, a term that includes jibs and the larger genoa...
, any sail set forward of the foremost mast - Head, the uppermost corner part of a sail
Music
- Head (music)Head (music)In its broadest sense, the head of a piece of music is its main theme, particularly in jazz, where the term takes on a more specific set of connotations. In other types of music, "head" may refer to the first or most prominent section of a song...
, in jazz - Head (band)Head (band)-History:After making three albums and a few singles the Bristol-based combo faded away. Nick Sheppard previously played in The Cortinas and The Clash...
, English rock band - Brian WelchBrian WelchBrian Phillip Welch , better known as Head, is an American musician best known as the former guitarist and co-founder of the nu metal band Korn...
or Head, American musician
- Head (The Jesus Lizard album)
- Head (The Monkees album)
- Head - song by (Lotion (band)Lotion (band)Lotion was a Manhattan indie rock band formed in 1991 by brothers Bill and Jim Ferguson , drummer Rob Youngberg, and vocalist Tony Zajkowski.-Career:...
- "Head" (Prince song)
- "Head" (The Cooper Temple Clause song)Head (The Cooper Temple Clause song)Head is a track from The Cooper Temple Clause's third album Make This Your Own. It was released as a five track extended play in April 2007, as what became the band's final studio release....
- "Head", a song by Mark Lanegan from Bubblegum (album)
- "Head", a song by Static-X from Beneath, Between, BeyondBeneath, Between, BeyondBeneath... Between... Beyond... is an album released in 2004 by the band Static-X. It is a compilation of previously unreleased tracks, remixes, cover versions, and the band's original demo tracks...
- "Head", a song by Todd Sheaffer from The Black Bear SessionsThe Black Bear SessionsThe Black Bear Sessions is the debut studio album by the bluegrass/jam band Railroad Earth, released in 2001.-Track listing:#"Head" - 6:59#"Lordy Lordy" - 4:12#"Seven Story Mountain" - 6:02#"Chains" - 4:29...
and Elko - "Heads", a song by Hawkwind from The Xenon CodexThe Xenon Codex-External links:*...
Entertainment
- The HeadThe HeadThe Head began as an ongoing series that originally ran under the title MTV's Oddities, on MTV. It has begun airing on MTV2 in August 2009. It was released on DVD on December 15, 2009.-Plot:...
, an animated television series - Head (film)Head (film)Head is a 1968 psychedelic comedy-adventure major motion picture, starring TV group The Monkees , and distributed by Columbia Pictures...
, a 1968 film starring The Monkees - Head (Blackadder)Head (Blackadder)"Head" is the second episode of the BBC period comedy Blackadder II, the second series of Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England from 1558 to 1603.-Plot:...
, an episode of Blackadder - Heads (film), a 1993 film
Other uses
- Head (beer), a frothy emulsion of liquid and carbon dioxide at the top of beer
- Head (company)Head (company)Head N.V. is a sports equipment and clothing company, known mainly for their alpine skis and tennis racquets. Founded as a ski company in Baltimore, Maryland, the company is currently headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Kennelbach, Austria...
, a manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment - Head (surname), a surname (and list of people with that name)
- Head EntertainmentHead EntertainmentHead Entertainment was an entertainment retail chain in the United Kingdom. The company was formed on 18 February 2009 when Simon Douglas, former managing director of Zavvi and business partner Les Whitfield, purchased five stores from Zavvi Entertainment Group which was placed in administration on...
, a chain of retail stores - Head of an organisation, a person in charge of an organisation
- Head teacherHead teacherA head teacher or school principal is the most senior teacher, leader and manager of a school....
, the most senior teacher and leader of a school
- Head teacher
- Head ShampooHead ShampooIn 1903, German drugstore owner Hans Schwarzkopf created a special powder formula that became the world’s first shampoo. It would be another 24 years before the same inventor would create the liquid version used by the world today....
- Head, a drug user
- Head, the obverseObverse and reverseObverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags , seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, obverse means the front face of the object and reverse...
of a coin - Heads of legislation, the outlines of a planned government bill
- Slang for Oral SexOral sexOral sex is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a sex partner by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Cunnilingus refers to oral sex performed on females while fellatio refer to oral sex performed on males. Anilingus refers to oral stimulation of a person's anus...
, e.g., "to give head"
See also
- Headwaters
- DrumheadDrumheadA drumhead is a membrane stretched over one or both of the open ends of a drum. The drumhead is struck with sticks, mallets, or hands so that it vibrates and the sound resonates through the drum.-History:...
, membrane on a drum - HeadstockHeadstockHeadstock or peghead is a part of guitar or similar stringed instrument. The main function of a headstock is holding the instrument's strings. Strings go from the bridge past the nut and are usually fixed on machine heads on headstock...
, part of an instrument - Amplifier head, a form of guitar amplifierGuitar amplifierA guitar amplifier is an electronic amplifier designed to make the signal of an electric or acoustic guitar louder so that it will produce sound through a loudspeaker...
- Header (disambiguation)
- Tête (disambiguation)Tete (disambiguation)Tete may refer to:*Tête, head in French*Tête à Tête, head to head in French*Tête de Moine, a type of Swiss cheese*Tete Province in Mozambique and Tete, its capital which is the location of a suspension bridge across the Zambezi River....