Wikipedia / Uplift
Wikipedia / Uplift
Uplift may refer to:
Science
Geology
Orogeny, also known as geologic uplift, a mountain-building process that takes place at a convergent plate margin
Tectonic uplift, the geologic uplift of Earth's surface attributed to plate tectonics
Epeirogenic movement, isostatic uplift or sinking of land
Uplift mountains, the result of orogeny
Llano Uplift, a geologic dome in Texas, United States
Nemaha Uplift, or Nemaha Ridge, a buried structural zone in the central United States
Astrophysics
Star lifting, also known as stellar uplift, the theoretical prospect of moving a stellar mass
Business
Uplift factor, or simply "uplift", adjustments to employee benefits
Uplift modelling, in marketing campaigns, the difference in response rate between a treated group and a randomized control group
Uplift enterprise computer access to heightened security protocols.
Entertainment
Uplift (science fiction), upgrading the capacities of a species or a civilization
Uplift Universe, the setting for a series of novels by David Brin
Uplifting trance, a musical genre similar to progressive trance
"Uplift", a song by Pantera from their 2000 album Reinventing the Steel
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, a 1987 album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Other uses
Uplift Community High School, Chicago, Illinois, US
Racial uplift, concept in African American cultural history