Fitch
Encyclopedia
Places
- Fitch, North CarolinaFitch, North CarolinaFitch is an unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. It is located north of Jericho....
- Fitch's Covered Bridge, Delhi, New York
- Fitch H. Beach AirportFitch H. Beach AirportFitch H. Beach Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Charlotte, a city in Eaton County, Michigan, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a...
, an airport at Charlotte, Michigan, USA - Fitch Township, Ohio
- Mount FitchMount GreylockMount Greylock is the highest natural point in Massachusetts at . Its peak is located in the northwest corner of the state in the western part of the town of Adams in Berkshire County. Although geologically part of the Taconic Mountains, Mount Greylock is commonly associated with the abutting...
, in Massachusetts, on the Appalachian Trail - Fitchburg, MassachusettsFitchburg, MassachusettsFitchburg is the third largest city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,318 at the 2010 census. Fitchburg is home to Fitchburg State University as well as 17 public and private elementary and high schools.- History :...
- Fitchburg, Michigan
- Fitchburg, Kentucky
- Fitchburg, WisconsinFitchburg, WisconsinFitchburg is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 25,260 at the 2010 census. Fitchburg is a suburb of Madison and is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
- Fitchville, Connecticut
- Fitch Senior High SchoolFitch Senior High SchoolRobert E. Fitch Senior High School is a public high school located in Groton, Connecticut.The school has offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program since the 2004-2005 school year. By the 2006-2007 school year, 75 percent of students eligible for the diploma received it. The school...
, Groton, Connecticut - YMCA Camp Fitch, Lake Erie, OhioYMCA Camp Fitch, Lake Erie, OhioYMCA Camp Fitch is a YMCA camp on Lake Erie in Ohio, United States. It was named for George Ashmore Fitch, YMCA Nanking Safety Zone International Committee Administrative Director....
, a YMCA camp named after George Ashmore Fitch - YMCA Camp Fitch, Springfield, PennsylvaniaYMCA Camp Fitch, Springfield, PennsylvaniaYMCA Camp Fitch is a summer camp in North Springfield, Pennsylvania, owned and operated by the YMCA of Youngstown, Ohio. During the summer months it offers seven sessions of traditional summer camp, each of which are one week in length...
a YMCA camp named after John H. Fitch - Fitche Square, former name for MahabandoolaMahabandoolaGeneral Maha Bandula was commander-in-chief of the Burmese military forces from 1821 until his death in 1825 in the First Anglo-Burmese War. Bandula was a key figure in the Konbaung dynasty's policy of expansionism in Manipur and Assam that ultimately resulted in the war and the beginning of the...
Park in Rangoon - Mount Fitch, Northern TerritoryMount Fitch, Northern TerritoryMount Fitch is a former uranium mining site located in the Northern Territory of Australia 56 kilometres SSE from the centre of Darwin and 13.4 kilometres NE from the town of Batchelor....
, a former uranium mining site in Australia - Fitch GlacierFitch GlacierFitch Glacier is a tributary glacier flowing south along the east side of McGregor Range to enter Man-o-War Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory...
Businesses
- Abercrombie & FitchAbercrombie & FitchAbercrombie & Fitch is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22. It has over 300 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally....
, clothiers - Fitch, Even, Tabin & FlanneryFitch, Even, Tabin & FlanneryFitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery is a midsized law firm that specializes in intellectual property and technology-related law. The firm originated in Chicago, Illinois in 1859, and now has offices throughout the United States and an international client base. Most of the firm's attorneys are...
, Chicago's oldest law firm - Fitch RatingsFitch RatingsThe Fitch Group is a majority-owned subsidiary of FIMALAC, headquartered in Paris. Fitch Ratings, Fitch Solutions and Algorithmics, are part of the Fitch Group....
Ltd., an international credit rating agency - Fitchburg RailroadFitchburg RailroadThe Fitchburg Railroad is a former railroad company, which built a railroad line across northern Massachusetts, USA, leading to and through the Hoosac Tunnel. The Fitchburg was leased to the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1900...
, named for the Massachusetts town - Fitch, a branding and design agency; a member of the WPP GroupWPP GroupWPP plc is a global media communications services company with its main management office in London, United Kingdom and its executive office in Dublin, Ireland. It is the world's largest advertising group by revenues, and employs over 150,000 people in 2,400 offices in 107 countries...
of companies
Ships
- USS Fitch (DD-462)USS Fitch (DD-462)USS Fitch , a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander LeRoy Fitch, an officer during the American Civil War....
, a US Navy destroyer - USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34)USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34)The USS Aubrey Fitch , the twenty-sixth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Vice-Admiral Aubrey Fitch , who was noted for his outstanding command work in the South Pacific during World War II.Ordered on 23 January 1978, as a part of the FY-1978 program,...
, a U.S. Naval ship
Heraldry
- Fitch (or cross fitchy), a crossCrossA cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other, dividing one or two of the lines in half. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally; if they run obliquely, the design is technically termed a saltire, although the arms of a saltire need not meet...
in heraldry where the lower part is shaped like a sword blade
Mathematics, logic and technology
- Fitch-style calculusFitch-style calculusFitch-style calculus, also known as Fitch diagrams , is a method for constructing formal proofs used in first-order logic. It was invented by American logician Frederic Brenton Fitch...
, a method for constructing formal mathematical proofs - Fitch's paradox of knowabilityFitch's paradox of knowabilityFitch's paradox of knowability is one of the fundamental puzzles of epistemic logic. It provides a challenge to the knowability thesis, which states that any truth is, in principle, knowable. The paradox is that this assumption implies the omniscience principle, which asserts that any truth is known...
, a logical paradox which asserts that the existence of an unknown truth is unknowable - Fitch Barrier, a sand-filled plastic barrier used to cushion impacts on highways
Animals and plants
- Fitch, the European polecatEuropean polecatThe European polecat , also known as the black or forest polecat , is a species of Mustelid native to western Eurasia and North Africa, which is classed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to its wide range and large numbers. It is of a generally dark brown colour, with a pale underbelly and a dark...
(Mustela putorius), a ferret-like predatory mammal - Fitch, a name for the spice kalonji, the seed of Nigella sativaNigella sativaNigella sativa is an annual flowering plant, native to south and southwest Asia. It grows to tall, with finely divided, linear leaves. The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with five to ten petals. The fruit is a large and inflated capsule composed of three to seven...
(used in the King James's Version of the Bible)