Stretch
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Stretch can refer to:
- StretchingStretchingStretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle is deliberately elongated, often by abduction from the torso, in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. The result is a feeling of increased muscle control, flexibility and...
is a form of exercise or a pre-exercise discipline, sometimes called Warming upWarming upA warm-up is usually performed before participating in technical sports or exercising. A warm-up generally consists of a gradual increase in intensity in physical activity , a joint mobility exercise, stretching and a sport related activity. For example, before running or playing an intense sport... - Stretch ceiling, a type of ceiling made from polymer.
- Stretch ratio in the mechanics of materials
- Stretched tuningStretched tuningStretched tuning is a detail of musical tuning, applied to wire-stringed musical instruments, older, non-digital electric pianos , and some sample-based synthesizers based on these instruments, to accommodate the natural inharmonicity of their vibrating elements...
of certain string instruments - The IBM 7030 Stretch computer
- Stretch limousine
- Stretch (rapper)Stretch (rapper)Randy Walker , better known by his stage name Stretch, was an American rapper.-Life and career:...
, a friend of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. - Span (architecture)Span (architecture)Span is the distance between two intermediate supports for a structure, e.g. a beam or a bridge.A span can be closed by a solid beam or of a rope...
of a structure. - Stretch RecordsStretch RecordsStretch Records was established in 1997 by pianist/composer/producer Chick Corea and music industry veteran Ron Moss.The label claims to promote "music with no boundaries" though it has mostly released jazz music....
, an independent record label - Stretch marksStretch marksStretch marks or striae , as they are called in dermatology, are a form of scarring on the skin with an off-color hue. They are caused by tearing of the dermis, and over time can diminish but not disappear completely....
, type of skin scarring - Stretch (album)Stretch (album)-Release details:...
, an album by Scott Walker - Stretch (band)Stretch (band)Stretch were a 1970s British rock band that grew from the collaboration between Elmer Gantry and Kirby . Gantry was previously the frontman of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera...
, a 1970s UK band - Stretch (film)Stretch (film)Stretch is a 2011 English-language film directed by Charles de Meaux. It stars Nicolas Cazalé, Fan Bingbing and David Carradine. After Carradine's death during production, his widow Annie Bierman sued MK2 Productions, the film's production company, for negligence.- Cast :* Nicolas Cazalé as...
, a 2011 film starring David Carradine - Stretch, a purple toy octopus in the film Toy Story 3Toy Story 3Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film, and the third installment in the Toy Story series. It was produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich. The film was released worldwide from June through October in Disney Digital...
(see List of Toy Story characters) - Another name for the setPitching positionIn baseball, there are two legal pitching positions: the windup, and the set. Each type of pitching position has its strengths and weaknesses. Compared to the set, the windup takes a relatively slower execution, so therefore is better suited for situations in which there are no baserunners, or when...
, one of two legal pitching positions in baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... - Stretch (game), a game played by American boys in the 1950s, in which a jackknife is thrown alternatingly by two boys facing each other. If the knife sticks in the ground, the other boy stretches his foot to that spot and draws out the knife.