Strip
Encyclopedia
Strip, stripping, or stripped may refer to:
- Landing strip, runwayRunwayAccording to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
where airplanes land - Landing strip (hair), a type of pubic hairstyle
- Möbius stripMöbius stripThe Möbius strip or Möbius band is a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. The Möbius strip has the mathematical property of being non-orientable. It can be realized as a ruled surface...
, a surface with one side and one boundary component - Power stripPower stripA power strip is a block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable and allows multiple electrical devices to be plugged in. As such it can be considered a type of trailing socket though that term is more often used for single and double cable mounted sockets...
, strip of power sockets - Test strip (disambiguation), various medical/biological testing material
- Strip (Unix)Strip (Unix)In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the strip program removes unnecessary information from executable binary programs and object files, thus potentially resulting in better performance and sometimes significantly less disk space usage...
, Unix command - Strip bond, financial instrument
- Strip mallStrip mallA strip mall is an open-area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...
, small, neighborhood shopping area - Strip mining, a practice of mining a seam of mineral by first removing a long strip of overlying soil and rock (the overburden)
- Strip searchStrip searchA strip search is the stripping of a person to check for weapons or other contraband.-Legality of strip searches:...
, removal of a person's clothing to check for contraband - Strip steakStrip steakThe strip steak is a type of cut of beef steaks. Internationally it is called a club steak. In the United States and Canada it is also known as New York strip, strip loin, shell steak, or Kansas City strip steak, In Australia it is known as a porterhouse steak...
, type of beef steak - StripteaseStripteaseA striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...
, act of removing one's clothes slowly to music - Triangle stripTriangle StripA triangle strip is a series of connected triangles, sharing vertices, allowing for faster rendering and more efficient memory usage for computer graphics. They are optimized on most graphics cards, making them the most efficient way of describing an object. There are two primary reasons to use...
, method for rendering computer graphics - Stripping (chemistry)Stripping (chemistry)Stripping is a physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream. In industrial applications the liquid and vapor streams can have co-current or countercurrent flows. Stripping is usually carried out in either a packed or trayed column.-...
, removal of one or more components from a liquid stream to a vapor stream - Stripping (printing), preparation & assembly of printing negatives in pre-press
- Stripping (fiber)Stripping (fiber)Stripping is the act of removing the protective polymer coating around optical fiber in preparation for fusion splicing. The splicing process begins by preparing both fiber ends for fusion, which requires that all protective coating is removed or stripped from the ends of each fiber...
, the act of removing the protective polymer coating around optical fiber in preparation for fusion splicing - Hand strippingDog groomingDog grooming refers to both the hygienic care and cleaning of a dog, as well as a process by which a dog's physical appearance is enhanced for showing or other types of competition. A dog groomer is a person who earns their living grooming dogs.-Reasons for grooming:Grooming is an important part...
, a technique for grooming the coats of dogs - Paint stripperPaint stripperPaint stripper, or paint remover, is the generic name given to solvent mixtures designed to remove paint and other finishes and also to clean the underlying surface. The principal active ingredient is usually dichloromethane...
, a solvent that removes paint - Wire stripping, removing the insulation from the core of an electrical wire
Comedy
- Stripped (tour) (2009), a stand-up comedy tour by English entertainer Eddie Izzard
Comics
- Comic stripComic stripA comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
, a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative - Sunday stripSunday stripA Sunday strip is a newspaper comic strip format, where comic strips are printed in the Sunday newspaper, usually in a special section called the Sunday comics, and virtually always in color. Some readers called these sections the Sunday funnies...
, a newspaper comic-strip format
Music
- Strip (Chris Brown song)Strip (Chris Brown song)"Strip" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown, featuring American rapper Kevin "K-MAC" McCall, released as the lead single from Brown's upcoming fifth studio album Fortune on November 18, 2011. It was written by Brown and McCall, and was produced by Tha Bizness...
, a 2011 song by Chris Brown - "Stripped" (song)Stripped (song)-12": Mute / 12Bong10 :# "Stripped " – 6:40# "But Not Tonight " – 5:11# "Breathing in Fumes" – 6:04# "Fly on the Windscreen " – 4:23# "Black Day" – 2:34-CD: Mute / CDBong10 :# "Stripped" – 3:53...
, a 1986 song by Depeche Mode; covered by Rammstein - Strip (Adam Ant album), 1983
- Strip (The Chameleons album)Strip (The Chameleons album)-Track listing:All tracks by The Chameleons#"Less Than Human"#"Nathan's Phase"#"Here Today"#"Soul in Isolation"#"Pleasure and Pain"#"Paradiso"#"Caution"#"On the Beach"#"Road to San Remo"#"Indian"- Personnel :*Jonathan Barrett – producer, engineer...
- Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)Stripped is the fourth studio album by American pop recording artist Christina Aguilera. It was released on October 26, 2002. It reached the top two of the album charts in both the United States and United Kingdom and features two UK number-one hits: "Dirrty" which gained criticism and controversy...
, 2002- "Stripped Intro" and "Stripped Pt. 2", the title tracks of the album
- Justified/Stripped Tour (2003), a co-headlining concert tour by Aguilera and Justin Timberlake
- Stripped World TourStripped World TourThe Stripped World Tour was the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera. The tour is a continuation of her Justified/Stripped Tour with Justin Timberlake. The tour was for her second studio album, Stripped and reached Europe, Asia, and Australia...
(2003), a world tour for the album - Stripped Live in the U.K. (2004), a 2004 concert DVD from the United Kingdom performances of the tour for the album
- Stripped (The Rolling Stones album), 1995
- Stripped (Pretty Maids album)Stripped (Pretty Maids Album)Stripped is an acoustic album of the Danish hard rock/heavy metal band Pretty Maids, with a mix of new songs and cover songs. "Savage Heart" had previously been released on the Jump The Gun album and "Please Don't Leave Me", "In The Minds Of The Young", "39" and "Heartbeat From Heaven" from the 5...
Television
- Stripping (television)Stripping (television)In broadcast programming, stripping is the practice of running a television series at the same time daily , so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule...
, a practice of running a television series at the same time daily
Places
- Agacher Strip WarAgacher Strip WarThe Agacher Strip is a -long strip of land located in northeastern Burkina Faso. The area, thought to contain considerable amounts of natural gas and mineral resources, was the center of a long running border dispute between Upper Volta and Mali which erupted into armed conflict on two occasions...
, 100-mile long strip of land in northeastern Burkina Faso - Aouzou Strip, strip of land in northern Chad
- Caprivi StripCaprivi StripCaprivi, sometimes called the Caprivi Strip , Caprivi Panhandle or the Okavango Strip and formally known as Itenge, is a narrow protrusion of Namibia eastwards about , between Botswana to the south, Angola and Zambia to the north, and Okavango Region to the west. Caprivi is bordered by the...
, narrow protrusion of Namibia - Cherokee OutletCherokee OutletThe Cherokee Outlet, often mistakenly referred to as the Cherokee Strip, was located in what is now the state of Oklahoma, in the United States. It was a sixty-mile wide strip of land south of the Oklahoma-Kansas border between the 96th and 100th meridians. It was about 225 miles long and in 1891...
or Cherokee Strip, strip of land south of the Oklahoma-Kansas border - Cherokee Strip (Kansas)Cherokee Strip (Kansas)The Cherokee Strip of Kansas, in the United States, was a disputed strip of land on the southern border of the state.-Description:In 1825 the Osage Nation was given a reservation in eastern Indian territory in what is now Kansas. In the Treaty of New Echota, May 23, 1836, the northern border of the...
, disputed strip of land in southern Kansas - Cotai StripCotai StripThe Cotai Strip is the casino and tourism project in the Cotai District, Macau, inspired by the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, USA, on a considerably smaller scale....
, name of Las Vegas Sands' casino resort project in Macau - Frontier StripFrontier StripThe Frontier Strip are the six states in the United States forming a north-south line from North Dakota to Texas. In the American Old West, westward from this strip was the frontier of the United States toward the latter part of the 19th century...
, region of U.S. states from North Dakota south to Texas - Gaza StripGaza Stripthumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
, narrow strip of land along the Mediterranean, in the Middle East - Las Vegas StripLas Vegas StripThe Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester...
, section of Las Vegas Boulevard South - Mayor Magrath DriveMayor Magrath DriveMayor Magrath Drive is the busiest north-south roadway and the second busiest roadway overall in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2005, it saw roughly 34,000 vehicles per day in weekday traffic...
or The Strip, roadway in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada - Sabine Free StateSabine Free StateThe Neutral Ground was a disputed area between Spanish Texas and the United States' newly acquired Louisiana Purchase...
or Neutral Strip, strip of land between America's Louisiana Purchase and Spanish Texas - Strip District, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Sunset StripSunset StripThe Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile-and-a-half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's eastern border with Hollywood at Harper Avenue, to its western border with Beverly Hills at Sierra Drive...
, 1.5 mile stretch of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, US - Gold Coast (region)Gold Coast (region)The Gold Coast was the region of West Africa which is now the nation of Ghana. Early uses of the term refer literally to the coast and not the interior. It was not until the 19th century that the term came to refer to areas that are far from the coast...
, Australia - Tarfaya Strip, strip of land located at the southernmost tip of Morocco
- Toledo strip, the cause of the Toledo WarToledo WarThe Toledo War , also known as the Michigan-Ohio War, was the almost entirely bloodless boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan....
See also
- The Strip (disambiguation)
- Stripe (disambiguation)
- Piece (disambiguation)
- Slice (disambiguation)
- Section (disambiguation)
- Segment (disambiguation)