Lift
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Lift may mean:
  • Lift (force)
    Lift (force)
    A fluid flowing past the surface of a body exerts a surface force on it. Lift is the component of this force that is perpendicular to the oncoming flow direction. It contrasts with the drag force, which is the component of the surface force parallel to the flow direction...

    , a mechanical force generated by an object moving through a fluid
  • Lift (soaring)
    Lift (soaring)
    Gliding flight is heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust. It is employed by gliding animals and by aircraft such as gliders. The most common human application of gliding flight is in sport and recreation using aircraft designed for this purpose...

    , rising air used by soaring birds and glider, hang glider and paraglider pilots for soaring flight
  • Lift (soft drink)
    Lift (soft drink)
    Lift is a range of soft drinks produced by The Coca-Cola Company that has been available in Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe since the 1970s, which is carbonated and flavored with fruit juice....

    , a brand of carbonated beverage produced and marketed by the Coca-Cola Company
  • Lift (data mining)
    Lift (data mining)
    In data mining, lift is a measure of the performance of a model at predicting or classifying cases, measuring against a random choice model.For example, suppose a population has a predicted response rate of 5%, but a certain model has identified a segment with a predicted response rate of 20%...

    , a measure of the performance of a model at segmenting the population
  • Airlift
    Airlift
    Airlift is the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft.Airlift may also refer to:*Airlift , a suction device for moving sand and silt underwater-See also:...

    , in logistics, the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft
  • Figure skating lifts
    Figure skating lifts
    Figure skating lifts are a required element in pair skating and ice dancing. Pairs lifts differ from dance lifts most notably in that dancers are not allowed to lift their partners above their shoulders...

    , movements in pair skating and ice dancing
  • Hitchhiking
    Hitchhiking
    Hitchhiking is a means of transportation that is gained by asking people, usually strangers, for a ride in their automobile or other road vehicle to travel a distance that may either be short or long...

    , a form of transport in which the traveller tries to get a lift (or ride) from another traveller
  • Plastic surgery
    Plastic surgery
    Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...

    , surgery to "lift" the skin:
    • Rhytidectomy
      Rhytidectomy
      A facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy , is a type of cosmetic surgery procedure used to give a more youthful appearance...

       or "face lift", a type of plastic surgery
    • Mastopexy or "breast lift", a type of plastic surgery

Physical devices

  • Elevator
    Elevator
    An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...

     or lift, a device used for raising and lowering people or goods
    • Rack lift
      Rack lift
      A rack lift is a type of elevator which consists of a cage attached to vertical rails affixed to the walls of a tower or shaft and which is propelled up and down by means of an electric motor which drives a pinion gear that engages a rack gear which is also attached to the wall between the rails....

      , a type of elevator
    • Ski lift
      Ski lift
      The term ski lift generally refers to any transport device that carries skiers up a hill. A ski lift may fall into one of the following three main classes:-Lift systems and networks:...

      , an aerial or surface lift for uphill transport
    • Space elevator
      Space elevator
      A space elevator, also known as a geostationary orbital tether or a beanstalk, is a proposed non-rocket spacelaunch structure...

      , a hypothetical structure for transporting material from a planet's surface into space
    • Wheelchair lift
      Wheelchair lift
      A wheelchair lift, also known as a platform lift, is a powered device designed to raise a wheelchair and its occupant in order to overcome a step or similar vertical barrier....

       (also called a "platform lift"), a powered device to assist a person in a wheelchair in passing a vertical barrier
    • Sling lift (also called a "Hoyer Lift", mobile lift, ceiling lift, or patient lift), a manual or powered lift or hoist to assist a caregiver in transferring a disabled patient from a bed to a wheelchair, gurney, toilet, or chair
  • Elevator shoe
    Elevator shoe
    Elevator shoes are shoes that have thickened sections of the insoles under the heels to make the wearer appear taller. An elevator shoe, like the platform shoe's heel can be made from different soles like plastic, wood, or rubber...

    , an insole device that makes a person appear taller
  • Forklift, a trucking device
  • Automobile modification to increase the ride height:
    • Body lift
      Body lift
      A body lift is a common and affordable method to run larger tires on a vehicle. It involves installing spacers where the body mounts to the frame in order to increase the clearance between tires and the body. This is often used to allow the placement of a larger motor for an engine swap...

      , an adaptation (of fixed height) to lift the automobile body from the frame
    • Suspension lift
      Suspension lift
      A suspension lift is a modification, often done by Jeep, truck, SUV and offroad enthusiasts to raise the ride height of their vehicle. Suspension lifts enable steeper approach, departure, and breakover angles, higher ground clearance, and helps accommodate larger wheels and tires...

      , a modification raising the suspension of the automobile

Media

  • London International Festival of Theatre
    London International Festival of Theatre
    The London International Festival of Theatre is a London, UK, arts festival which was co-founded by Rose Fenton and Lucy Neal. It has been presenting since 1981. In 2003, they passed the leadership of the festival to Angharad Wynne-Jones. In 2008 Angharad stepped down...

     (LIFT)
  • De Lift
    De Lift
    De Lift is a 1983 film by the Dutch director Dick Maas about a killer elevator. In 2001, an English language remake, Down, was made and was also directed by Dick Maas....

    (The Lift), a 1983 horror film by Dick Maas

In music

  • Lift (band)
    Lift (band)
    Lift is a rock band formed in Dresden. The group was founded in 1973 and is still active today.-History:The group was founded in 1973 following the dissolution of the group Dresden Sextett. Their first concert was given on January 28, 1973...

    , a German rock band
  • Lift (Audio Adrenaline album) (2001)
  • Lift (Love and Rockets album)
    Lift (Love and Rockets album)
    Lift is the seventh and final studio album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets, released in 1998 on Red Ant Records.- Background :Lift overlooked the harder rock of Sweet F.A. in favor of Hot Trip to Heavens electronic sound...

     (1998)
  • "Lift" (Poets of the Fall song)
    Lift (Poets of the Fall song)
    "Lift" is a song by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. It is the second single released from their debut album, Signs of Life. The song was released in Finland on 9 September, 2004. The song reached #8 on the Finnish Top 40 and stayed there for 11 consecutive weeks...

    , a 2004 single
  • Lift (Sister Hazel album)
    Lift (Sister Hazel album)
    Lift, released in 2004, is Sister Hazel's fifth studio album.-Track listing:#"Surrender" - 3:44#"Lay It Down" - 4:34#"World Inside My Head" - 4:38...

     (2004)
  • Lift (Shannon Noll album)
    Lift (Shannon Noll album)
    Lift is the second album by Australian singer-songwriter Shannon Noll. It was released by Sony BMG in Australia on 16 October 2005. Noll co-wrote eleven out of the thirteen songs in the album. The album debuted at number 1 on the Australian Recording Industry Association album chart on 23 October...

     (2005)
    • "Lift" (Shannon Noll song)
      Lift (Shannon Noll song)
      "Lift" is the second single by Australian singer Shannon Noll from his second album of the same name. The boxing-themed video clip for this song was shot in an unused warehouse in Sydney's Marrickville by Australian director Anthony Rose, who also directed Noll's music videos for "Drive", "What...

  • "Lift", an unreleased song by Radiohead
  • Retake or lift, a symbol used in musical notation

Mathematics

  • Homotopy lifting property
    Homotopy lifting property
    In mathematics, in particular in homotopy theory within algebraic topology, the homotopy lifting property is a technical condition on a continuous function from a topological space E to another one, B...

    , in mathematics, a unique path over a map
  • Lift (mathematics)
    Lift (mathematics)
    In the branch of mathematics called category theory, given a morphism f from an object X to an object Y, and a morphism g from an object Z to Y, a lift of f to Z is a morphism h from X to Z such that gh = f.A basic example in topology is lifting a path in one space to a path in a covering space...

    , a morphism h from X to Z such that gh = f

Other uses

  • Lift (web framework)
    Lift (web framework)
    Lift is a free web application framework that is designed for the Scala programming language. It was originally created by who was dissatisfied with certain aspects of the Ruby on Rails framework. Lift was launched as an open-source project on February 26, 2007 under the Apache 2.0 license...

    , a Web application framework for Scala, which runs on the Java Virtual Machine
  • Lift Conference
    Lift Conference
    Lift is a series of events designed to inspire and connect individuals exploring the social impact of new technologies. Each Lift conference is a three-day event consisting of talks, workshops, interactive art, and discussions on understanding and anticipating the most important social changes, as...

    , a conference about the challenges and opportunities of technology in society
  • Lift, a special type of arrow in the video game engine StepMania
    StepMania
    StepMania is an open source and cross-platform rhythm video game and engine. It was originally developed as a simulator of Konami's arcade game series Dance Dance Revolution, and has since evolved into an extensible rhythm game engine capable of supporting a wide variety of rhythm-based game types...

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