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{{wiktionary|Shift|shift}}
'''Shift''' may refer to
'''Shift''' may refer to: <!-- Things also known as only "Shift"-->
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== Art, entertainment, and media==
*a movement
===Gaming===
*the ] on a ], harking back to ] days
* ], a 2008 online video game series by Armor Games
*the analogue for ]s, for example ]
* '']'', a 2009 racing video game
*the analogue in ], for example a ]
** '']'', its 2011 sequel
*a ], typically eight hours between set times; see ]
⚫ *also, a simple kind of ].


===Literature===
{{disambig}}
* ], a 2010 alternative history book by Tim Kring and Dale Peck
* ], a 2013 science fiction book, part two of the Silo trilogy by Hugh Howey
* ], a character in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' novel series
* ], a ] character who is a fragment of ]
* ], a ] character who is a clone of ]

===Music===
* ], 2004
* ]
* ], a change of level in music
* ], a finger movement from one position to another on the same string

===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media===
* ], a former Canadian technology and culture magazine
* ], an online live-streaming video network
* ], an outdoor sculpture by American artist Richard Serra located in King City, Ontario, Canada

==Business==
* ], an employment practice
* ], a defunct American online marketplace for used cars
* ], a German company producing the Shiftphone
* ], a Japanese software testing company

== Linguistics ==
* ], the process in which a community of speakers shift to speaking a different language
* ], a syntactic process
* Sound shift, also known as sound shifting or ]<!--or "sound shifting" in earlier usage-->
** ]

== Mathematics and computing ==
* ], a digital circuit implementing bit shifts
* ], an operation treating a value as a sequence of binary digits
** ]
** ], often used in cryptography
** ]
* ], a key on a computer or typewriter keyboard
* ], a linear operator in mathematics

==Sports==
*], a group of players in ice hockey
*], a defensive alignment in baseball and softball

== Other uses ==
⚫ * ], a simple kind of undergarment or dress
* ], an improvised knife used as a weapon
* ], a lever to change gear in a vehicle
* ], a change in basic assumptions within the ruling theory of science
* ], any decrease in wavelength, with a corresponding increase in frequency, of an electromagnetic wave
* ], a phenomenon that occurs when light seen coming from an object that is moving away is proportionally increased in wavelength, or shifted, to the red end of the spectrum
* ], a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales
* Shift vector, in ] of General Relativity
* Shifting, Hiberno-English slang for ]
* ], a fiscal policy

== See also == <!-- Compound words containing "shift" -->
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{{Disambiguation}}

Latest revision as of 00:07, 18 December 2024

Shift may refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Gaming

Literature

Music

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • Shift (magazine), a former Canadian technology and culture magazine
  • Shift (MSNBC), an online live-streaming video network
  • Shift (sculpture), an outdoor sculpture by American artist Richard Serra located in King City, Ontario, Canada

Business

Linguistics

Mathematics and computing

Sports

Other uses

  • Shift (clothing), a simple kind of undergarment or dress
  • Shift (weapon), an improvised knife used as a weapon
  • Gear shift, a lever to change gear in a vehicle
  • Paradigm shift, a change in basic assumptions within the ruling theory of science
  • Blueshift, any decrease in wavelength, with a corresponding increase in frequency, of an electromagnetic wave
  • Redshift, a phenomenon that occurs when light seen coming from an object that is moving away is proportionally increased in wavelength, or shifted, to the red end of the spectrum
  • Shapeshifting, a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales
  • Shift vector, in ADM formalism of General Relativity
  • Shifting, Hiberno-English slang for making out
  • Tax shift, a fiscal policy

See also

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