Wikipedia / Lift
Wikipedia / Lift
Lift or LIFT may refer to:
Physical devices
Elevator, or lift, a device used for raising and lowering people or goods
Paternoster lift, a type of lift using a continuous chain of cars which do not stop
Patient lift, or Hoyer lift, mobile lift, ceiling lift, a lift to assist a caregiver for a disabled patient
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
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 people with disabilities get up stairs
Heel lift, a shoe insert to increase the height of the wearer
Sport
A specific way of lifting a barbell, dumbbell(s), kettlebell, or other piece of sporting equipment in a strength sport (e.g. weightlifting, weight training, powerlifting), such as
clean-and-jerk, snatch, deadlift, squat, bench press, military press, clean-and-press, dumbbell curl, fly, calf raise, two hands anyhow
Figure skating lifts, movements in pair skating and ice dancing
Science and technology
Lift (force), in fluid dynamics, a 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
Light-Induced Fluorescence Transient, a device to remotely measure chlorophyll fluorescence in plants
Mathematics
Lift (mathematics), an kind of morphism in category theory
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
Films
The Lift, a 1983 Dutch horror film by Dick Maas
Lift (2021 film), an Indian Tamil-language horror drama film
Lift (2022 film), an American documentary film
Lift (2024 film), an American heist comedy film
Music
Lift (band), a German rock band
Albums
Lift (Audio Adrenaline album) or the title song, 2001
Lift (Love and Rockets album) or the title song, 1998
Lift (Shannon Noll album) or the title song (see below), 2005
Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard, by Chris Potter, or the title song, 2004
Lift, by Onehundredhours, 2001
Songs
"Lift" (Radiohead song), 2017
"Lift" (Sean Tyas song), 2006
"Lift", by 808 State from ex:el, 1991
"Lift", by Immanuel Wilkins from The 7th Hand (2022)
Other uses
LIFT (nonprofit), a nonprofit anti-poverty organization
LIFT (airline), South African Domestic Airline
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
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
See also
Belt manlift, a belt with rungs and steps for moving people vertically
Lyft, a ridesharing company