Ladder (disambiguation)

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A ladder is a runged climbing aid.

Ladder, The Ladder, or Ladders may also refer to:

Art, entertainment and media

Film and television

  • "Ladders" (Community), the first episode of the sixth season of the sitcom Community
  • Ladders, a 2004 documentary narrated by Harry Belafonte
  • The Ladder, a mythical burning ladder that is a Meyerism cornerstone and the theme of Cal Roberts's motivational practice in The Path (TV series)

Games

Music

Publications

Career-related

  • Ladder, a
    career path
    and reference to organizational and industry hierarchy
  • TheLadders
    , a careers website

Finance

Science and technology

  • DNA ladder
    , a molecular-weight size marker used in gel electrophoresis
  • Ladder frame, a vehicle frame type
  • Ladder logic, a philosophy of drawing electrical logic schematics
  • Ladder operator, a mathematical entity used in quantum mechanics
  • Resistor ladder, an analogue circuit

Sports

  • Ladder tournament, a type of game or sports tournament
  • League table
    or ladder, a chart or table which compares sports teams, or other entities, by ranking them in order of ability or achievement

Other uses

  • Ladder, a vertical split in the fabric of a pair of tights (in UK terminology; "a run in pantyhose" is the US equivalent)
  • Jacob's Ladder, a "ladder to heaven" described by biblical Jacob in the Book of Genesis
  • Laddering, an investment technique
  • Wittgenstein's Ladder, also called Lie-to-children

See also