Lift

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Lift or LIFT may refer to:

Physical devices

• Elevator or lift, a device used for raising and lowering people or goods
  • Rack lift, a type of elevator
  • Ski lift, an aerial or surface lift for uphill transport
  • Space elevator, a hypothetical structure for transporting material from a planet's surface into outer space
  • Wheelchair lift or platform lift, a powered device to assist a person in a wheelchair
  • Patient lift or Hoyer lift, mobile lift, ceiling lift, or patient lift, a lift to assist a caregiver for a disabled patient
• Forklift, a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances
• Scissor lift, a type of aerial work platform
• Body lift, an adaptation (of fixed height) to lift the automobile body from the frame
• Suspension lift, a modification raising the suspension of the automobile
• Stairlift, a mechanical device to help elderly people get up stairs

Science and technology

• Lift (force), a mechanical force generated by an object moving through a fluid
  • Lift coefficient, a coefficient that relates the lift generated by a lifting body to other parameters
• Lift (soaring), rising air used by soaring birds and glider, hang glider and paraglider pilots for soaring flight
• Lift (data mining), a measure of the performance of a model at segmenting the population
• Lift (web framework), a web application framework for Scala

Mathematics

• Lift (mathematics), a morphism h from X to Z such that gh = f
• Homotopy lifting property, a unique path over a map
• Covering graph or lift

Cosmetics

• Shoe lifts, a removable shoe insert
  • Elevator shoes, shoes that have thickened sections of the insoles
• Plastic surgery, surgery to lift the skin
  • Rhytidectomy or face lift, a type of plastic surgery
  • Mastopexy or breast lift, a type of plastic surgery

Media

• London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT)
• De Lift (The Lift), a 1983 Dutch horror film by Dick Maas

Other uses

• LIFT (nonprofit), a nonprofit anti-poverty organization
• Lead-in fighter trainer, a type of advanced military training aircraft
• Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT), nonprofit that provides legal information in New York State, US
• Lift (soft drink), a brand of carbonated beverage produced and marketed by the Coca-Cola Company
• Airlift, in logistics, the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft
• Figure skating lifts, movements in pair skating and ice dancing
• Hitchhiking, a form of transport in which the traveller tries to get a lift (or ride) from another traveller
• Lift, a special type of arrow in the video game engine StepMania
• Sky Paragliders Lift, a Czech paraglider design

See also

• Deadlift, a powerlifting exercise used in weight training
• Belt manlift, a belt with rungs and steps for moving people vertically
• Lyft, a ridesharing company