Knee (disambiguation)

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A knee is a joint typical of mammals, birds and arthropods.

Knee may also refer to:

Shapes

Structures with relatively sharp bends, such as:

• Knee (construction), a bent piece of wood that takes stress, as commonly used in construction of wooden boats
• Knee (geography), a distinctive riverbend
• Cypress knee, structure on cypress-tree root

Places

• Knees, the German name for Satchinez, Timiş County, Romania

People

• Allan Knee, a film and television writer and playwright
• Bernie Knee (1924–1994), a singer/musician
• Christian Knees (born 1981), a German cyclist who rides for Team Milram in the UCI ProTour
• Derek Knee, (1922–2014), an interpreter for Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
• Fred Knee (1868–1914), a British trade unionist and socialist politician
• Miriam Knee (born 1938), a former Australian cricketer

Science and technology

• Hard knee or soft knee, a setting in an electronic audio compressor device
• Knee energy region in physics is an energy spectra for cosmic rays
• Knee of the curve, for example see maximum power point tracker

Other uses

• Knee (strike), a strike with the kneecap or the surrounding area
• KNEE (FM), a radio station (95.1 FM) licensed to serve Nenana, Alaska, United States
• KNEE-LD, a low-power television station (channel 10) licensed to serve Malaga, etc., Washington, United States

See also

• Kneecap
• Quarterback kneel, a football play
• Wounded Knee (disambiguation)