Shift

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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

  • Shift (ice hockey)
    , a group of players in ice hockey
  • Infield shift, a defensive alignment in baseball and softball

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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