Lift

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

Cosmetics

  • Shoe lifts, a removable shoe insert
    • Elevator shoes, shoes that have thickened sections of the insoles
  • Plastic surgery, surgery to lift the skin

Media

Music

Albums

Songs

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
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