Bow
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Bow may refer to:
  • Bow (weapon)
    Bow (weapon)
    The bow and arrow is a projectile weapon system that predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.-Description:A bow is a flexible arc that shoots aerodynamic projectiles by means of elastic energy. Essentially, the bow is a form of spring powered by a string or cord...

     , an archery weapon that uses elasticity to propel arrows
  • Bowing , to lower the head or the upper body
  • Bow (ship)
    Bow (ship)
    The bow is a nautical term that refers to the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is most forward when the vessel is underway. Both of the adjectives fore and forward mean towards the bow...

     , the foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat
  • Bow (rowing)
    Bow (rowing)
    Bow is a term which has multiple meanings within the sport of rowing. It is used to refer to a rower seated in a particular position and to one side of the boat.-Bow:...

    , a term which has multiple meanings within the sport of rowing.

Knots

  • Bow knot, a shoelace knot
    Shoelace knot
    The shoelace knot is a knot which is commonly used for tying shoelaces.The shoelace knot is designed for quick release and easily comes untied when either of the working ends is pulled. During the tying of the knot, the farther the loops are pulled, the shorter the working ends become...

     or a rosette
    Rosette (decoration)
    A rosette is a small, circular device that is presented with a medal. The rosettes are primarily for situations where wearing the medal is deemed inappropriate. Rosettes are issued in nations such as France, Italy and Japan...

  • Hair bow, a hair accessory of hair or a ribbon tied in a bow knot
  • Bow tie
    Bow tie
    The bow tie is a type of men's necktie. It consists of a ribbon of fabric tied around the collar in a symmetrical manner such that the two opposite ends form loops. Ready-tied bow ties are available, in which the distinctive bow is sewn into shape and the band around the neck incorporates a clip....

    , a type of necktie fashion accessory tied in a bow knot
  • An ornamental knot made of ribbon
    Ribbon
    A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying. Cloth ribbons, most commonly silk, are often used in connection with clothing, but are also applied for innumerable useful, ornamental and symbolic purposes...


Music

  • Bow (music)
    Bow (music)
    In music, a bow is moved across some part of a musical instrument, causing vibration which the instrument emits as sound. The vast majority of bows are used with string instruments, although some bows are used with musical saws and other bowed idiophones....

    , a device used to play a stringed instrument
  • Musical bow
    Musical bow
    The musical bow is a simple string musical instrument most archaic cultures as well as in many in the present day. It consisting of a string supported by a flexible stick 1.5 to 10 feet long, and strung end to end with a taut cord. Usually made out of wood...

    , a musical instrument resembling an archer's bow
  • EBow, a hand-held electronic device for playing the electric guitar
  • Bows (band)
    Bows (band)
    Bows are a British-based band, who have released three albums on the Too Pure label.-History:Following the dissolution of his former band Long Fin Killie, multi-instrumentalist Luke Sutherland formed Bows with the Danish singer, Signe Høirup Wille-Jørgensen...

    , a band from the UK

Places

United Kingdom
  • Bow, Devon
    Bow, Devon
    Bow is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, about 8 miles west of Crediton. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,093. There is an adjoining hamlet of Nymet Tracey which shares a church with Bow and much common history.-History:There is a 3rd...

    , England
  • Bow, London
    Bow, London
    Bow is an area of London, England, United Kingdom in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a built-up, mostly residential district located east of Charing Cross, and is a part of the East End.-Bridges at Bowe:...

    , England (historically called Stratford atte Bowe)


United States
  • Bow, Kentucky
    Bow, Kentucky
    Bow is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 90 southeast of the city of Burkesville, the county seat of Cumberland County. Its elevation is 607 feet ....

  • Bow, New Hampshire
    Bow, New Hampshire
    Bow is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 7,519 at the 2010 census.- History :Incorporated in 1727, the town was one of several formed to ease population pressures on the Seacoast. The town's name comes from its establishment along a bend, or "bow", in the...

  • Bow, Washington
    Bow, Washington
    Bow is an unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington. It is located near the towns of Bay View, Edison, Burlington, and Mount Vernon. Bow is included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area.Bow overlooks Samish Bay....



Canada
  • The Bow (skyscraper)
    The Bow (skyscraper)
    The Bow is a 158,000-square-metre office building currently under construction for the headquarters of EnCana Corporation. It will also be occupied by Cenovus, which was spun off of Encana in late 2009. The skyscraper is being built in downtown Calgary, Alberta...

    , a building in Calgary, Alberta
  • Bow River
    Bow River
    The Bow River is a river in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River, and is considered the headwater of the Nelson River....

    , a river in the province of Alberta

Other

  • Bow, of bow and warp of semiconductor wafers and substrates
    Bow and warp of semiconductor wafers and substrates
    Bow and warp of semiconductor wafers and substrates are measures of the flatness of wafers.-Definitions:Bow is the deviation of the center point of the median surface of a free, un-clamped wafer from the median surface to the reference plane. Where the reference plane is defined by three corners of...

  • Bow porcelain factory
    Bow porcelain factory
    The Bow porcelain factory was an emulative rival of the Chelsea porcelain factory in the manufacture of early soft-paste porcelain in Great Britain...

    , a London-based porcelain factory, active 1747-1776
  • Bag of words model
    Bag of words model
    The bag-of-words model is a simplifying assumption used in natural language processing and information retrieval. In this model, a text is represented as an unordered collection of words, disregarding grammar and even word order.The bag-of-words model is used in some methods of document...

    , a model used in natural language processing
    Natural language processing
    Natural language processing is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages; it began as a branch of artificial intelligence....

     and information retrieval
    Information retrieval
    Information retrieval is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for metadata about documents, as well as that of searching structured storage, relational databases, and the World Wide Web...

    .
  • Bow (She-Ra), a character from the cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power
  • B.O.W (Bio-Organic Weapons), a type of weapon in the Resident Evil video game and movie series
  • Bow, a character from the video game Paper Mario and Luigi
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