Mark
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Mark may refer to:
and rugby union
, a clean catch from a kick by another player results in a free kick. See:
- Mark (given name)Mark (given name)Mark is a common male given name and is derived from old Latin "Mart-kos", which means "consecrated to the god Mars". Marcus was one of the three most common given names in Ancient Rome. See Roman given names.-Acting:* Mark A...
, a male given name - Mark (surname)
Business
- Service markService markA service mark or servicemark is a trademark used in some countries, notably the United States, to identify a service rather than a product. When a service mark is federally registered, the standard registration symbol ® or "Reg U.S. Pat & TM Off" may be used...
, trademark used to identify a service rather than a product - Trade markTrademarkA trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
, distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services - The victim in a confidence trickConfidence trickA confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. A confidence artist is an individual working alone or in concert with others who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty and honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility,...
- "mark.", a product line from Avon ProductsAvon ProductsAvon Products, Inc. is a US cosmetics, perfume and toy seller with markets in over 140 countries across the world and sales of $9.9 billion worldwide as of 2007.-Business Model:...
Christianity
- Curse and mark of CainCurse and mark of CainIn Christianity and Judaism, the curse of Cain and the mark of Cain refer to the passages in the Biblical Book of Genesis where God declared that Cain, the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, was cursed for murdering his brother, and placed a mark upon him to warn others that killing Cain would provoke...
, Cain's inability to harvest crops and the necessity that he led a nomadic lifestyle - Gospel of MarkGospel of MarkThe Gospel According to Mark , commonly shortened to the Gospel of Mark or simply Mark, is the second book of the New Testament. This canonical account of the life of Jesus of Nazareth is one of the three synoptic gospels. It was thought to be an epitome, which accounts for its place as the second...
, one of the books of the Bible - Secret Gospel of MarkSecret Gospel of MarkThe Secret Gospel of Mark is a putative non-canonical Christian gospel known exclusively from the Mar Saba letter, which describes Secret Mark as an expanded version of the canonical Gospel of Mark with some episodes elucidated, written for an initiated elite.In 1973 Morton Smith , professor of...
, apocryphal - Mark the EvangelistMark the EvangelistMark the Evangelist is the traditional author of the Gospel of Mark. He is one of the Seventy Disciples of Christ, and the founder of the Church of Alexandria, one of the original four main sees of Christianity....
(Saint Mark) - Mark of the Beast, a sign or number mentioned in the Book of Revelation
- Pope MarkPope MarkPope Saint Mark the apostle or Marcus was Pope from January 18, 336 to October 7, 336, date of his death.Little is known of his early life. According to the Liber Pontificalis, he was a Roman, and his father's name was Priscus...
, short-lived pope who reigned during the year 336 - St Mark's BasilicaSt Mark's BasilicaThe Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Byzantine architecture...
, the most famous of the churches of Venice and an example of Byzantine architecture
Currency
- Mark (money)Mark (money)Mark was a measure of weight mainly for gold and silver, commonly used throughout western Europe and often equivalent to 8 ounces. Considerable variations, however, occurred throughout the Middle Ages Mark (from a merging of three Teutonic/Germanic languages words, Latinized in 9th century...
, a unit of currency in various countries- German gold markGerman gold markThe Goldmark was the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914.-History:Before unification, the different German states issued a variety of different currencies, though most were linked to the Vereinsthaler, a silver coin containing 16⅔ grams of pure silver...
, coinage of the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 - German PapiermarkGerman papiermarkThe name Papiermark is applied to the German currency from the 4th August 1914 when the link between the Mark and gold was abandoned, due to the outbreak of World War I...
, German coinage from 1914 to 1929 - Rentenmark, German temporary currency 1923 to 1924
- German ReichsmarkGerman reichsmarkThe Reichsmark was the currency in Germany from 1924 until June 20, 1948. The Reichsmark was subdivided into 100 Reichspfennig.-History:...
, German coinage from 1924 to 1948 - Deutsche Mark, official currency of Germany from 1948 to 2001
- East German MarkEast German markThe East German mark commonly called the eastern mark , in East Germany only Mark, was the currency of the German Democratic Republic . Its ISO 4217 currency code was DDM...
, official currency of the German Democratic Republic from 1948 to 1990 - Polish markaPolish markaThe marka was the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924...
, Polish currency from 1917 to 1924 - Finnish markka, mark in Swedish, official currency of Finland from 1860 to 2001
- Bosnia and Herzegovina konvertibilna marka
- Estonian markEstonian markThe mark was the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1928. It was initially equivalent to the German Papiermark, which had been circulating alongside the Russian/Soviet ruble since the German occupation. It was divided into 100 penni...
, Estonian currency from 1919 to 1928
- German gold mark
Geography
- Mark, or marchesMarchesA march or mark refers to a border region similar to a frontier, such as the Welsh Marches, the borderland between England and Wales. During the Frankish Carolingian Dynasty, the word spread throughout Europe....
, the border territory of a country - Baruth/Mark, a village in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 24 km east of Luckenwalde, and 53 km south of Berlin.
- County of Mark, a county of the Holy Roman Empire
- Mark (Dender)Mark (Dender)The Mark or Marcq is a river in Belgium, right tributary of the Dender. It rises south-west of Enghien, Hainaut. It passes through the homonymous village Marcq, Enghien and Galmaarden. The Mark flows into the Dender between Lessines and Geraardsbergen. The Dender is a tributary of the Scheldt....
, a river in Belgium, tributary of the Dender - Mark (Dintel)Mark (Dintel)The Mark is a river in Belgium and the Netherlands. It rises north of Turnhout, Belgium. It passes through Hoogstraten before crossing the border with the Netherlands. In the city centre of Breda it receives its main tributary Aa of Weerijs. Below Oudenbosch the Mark is known under the name Dintel....
a river in Belgium and the Netherlands, also known as the Dintel - Mark Hundred in Sweden
- Mark MunicipalityMark MunicipalityMark Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kinna.The municipality was created with the municipal reform of 1971 by the amalgamation of eight previous entities. Most of them had themselves been formed by the 1952 municipal...
in Sweden - Mark, SomersetMark, SomersetMark is a village and civil parish which lies approximately from Bridgwater, from Axbridge, and from Highbridge in the Sedgemoor district of the county of Somerset, England...
, a village in Somerset, United Kingdom - Mark, IllinoisMark, IllinoisMark is a village in Putnam County, Illinois, United States. The population was 491 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Mark is located at ....
, a village in the United States
Measurement
- Mark (mass), an archaic European unit of weight whose use for precious metal gave rise to the currencies
Mythology
- Mark of CornwallMark of CornwallMark of Cornwall was a king of Kernow in the early 6th century. He is most famous for his appearance in Arthurian legend as the uncle of Tristan and husband of Iseult, who engage in a secret affair.-The legend:Mark sent Tristan as his proxy to fetch his young bride, the Princess Iseult, from...
, a figure from Arthurian legend - Mark, a satyrSatyrIn Greek mythology, satyrs are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus — "satyresses" were a late invention of poets — that roamed the woods and mountains. In myths they are often associated with pipe-playing....
, a legend in Ancient Greece, regarded as a god in Thebes.
Sports
In both Australian rules footballAustralian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
and rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, a clean catch from a kick by another player results in a free kick. See:
- Mark (Australian football)Mark (Australian football)A mark is a skill in Australian rules football where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it or the ball hitting the ground....
- Mark (rugby)Mark (rugby)To mark a ball in rugby union, the player must be inside that player's twenty-two metre line. The mark is performed by a player , making a clean catch and shouting "Mark!". It is also common for the player to touch the ball on the ground to make his intentions clear to the referee and other...
Technology
- Harvard Mark IHarvard Mark IThe IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator , called the Mark I by Harvard University, was an electro-mechanical computer....
, the first large-scale automatic digital computer in the USA - Mark (designation)Mark (designation)The word Mark, followed by number, is a method of specifically designating a standardized, integrated, assumed to be functional and unique version of a mechanical and/or electrical hardware product that has completed the design process and has been approved to be put into final production, as well...
, level of development - Mark frequency, extreme discrete value of frequency-shift keyingFrequency-shift keyingFrequency-shift keying is a frequency modulation scheme in which digital information is transmitted through discrete frequency changes of a carrier wave. The simplest FSK is binary FSK . BFSK uses a pair of discrete frequencies to transmit binary information. With this scheme, the "1" is called...
- Mark tone, a synchronizing signal used in early telecommunications, indicating that data bits will be arriving, as distinguished from a space tone, an absence of data
Other
- Beauty markBeauty markA beauty mark or beauty spot is a euphemism for a type of dark facial mole, so named because such birthmarks are sometimes considered an attractive feature. Medically, such "beauty marks" are generally melanocytic nevus, more specifically the compound variant...
, dark mole on the face or other part of the body that is considered to be attractive - Tick (check mark)
- Diacritical markDiacriticA diacritic is a glyph added to a letter, or basic glyph. The term derives from the Greek διακριτικός . Diacritic is both an adjective and a noun, whereas diacritical is only an adjective. Some diacritical marks, such as the acute and grave are often called accents...
, mark added to a letter to alter a word's pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words - Mark of RohanRohanRohan is a realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth. It is a grassland which lies north of its ally Gondor and north-west of Mordor, the realm of Sauron, their enemy . It is inhabited by the Rohirrim, a people of herdsmen and farmers who are well-known for their horses and cavalry....
, fictional realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth. See also MarchesMarchesA march or mark refers to a border region similar to a frontier, such as the Welsh Marches, the borderland between England and Wales. During the Frankish Carolingian Dynasty, the word spread throughout Europe.... - Mark, a gradeGrade (education)Grades are standardized measurements of varying levels of comprehension within a subject area. Grades can be assigned in letters , as a range , as a number out of a possible total , as descriptors , in percentages, or, as is common in some post-secondary...
awarded to students' work - Merchant's MarkMerchant's markMerchants' marks are as old as the sealings of the third millennium BCE found in Sumer that originated in the Indus Valley. Impressions of cloth, strings and other packing material on the reverse of tags with seal impressions indicate...
- Sea markSea markA sea mark, also seamark and navigation mark, is a form of aid to navigation and pilotage aid which identifies the approximate position of a maritime channel, hazard and administrative area to allow boats, ships and seaplanes to navigate safely....
, pilotage aid which identifies the approximate position of a maritime channel, hazard and administrative area - Tread mark (disambiguation), various meanings
- Skid markSkid markA skid mark is the mark a tire makes when a vehicle wheel stops rolling and slides or spins on the surface of the road. More generally, any solid which moves against another can cause visible marks, and is an important aspect of trace evidence analysis in forensic science and forensic engineering...
, a mark left by a tire tread during a skid - A fan of professional wrestlingProfessional wrestlingProfessional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
, notably, one who treats professional wrestling as real and not scripted - Makers mark (stamp) or marking to signify maker of original artwork, frequently used in ceramic artCeramic artIn art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
- "Mark", a song from Change GiverChange GiverChange Giver is the debut album by British rock band Shed Seven, released via Polydor Records on September 5, 1994. It was produced by Jessica Corcoran and was issued during the formative year of the britpop movement—a scene which dominated British alternative music in the mid-1990s.The album was...
by Shed Seven
See also
- Marks (disambiguation)
- Marque (disambiguation)Marque (disambiguation)Marque may refer to:* marque, or brand name*A letter of marque, authorising a privateer* Marques, a tall ship* A Spanish form of Marquis* "Marquesan", people or things connected to the Marquesas Islands-People:* Marqués , a surname...
- Marker (disambiguation)
- Mac (disambiguation)
- Mach (disambiguation)
- Mack (disambiguation)Mack (disambiguation)-Business:*Mack Trucks, a truck maker*Mack Group, a manufacturing company*Mack Brewery, a Norwegian brewery*Mack Rides, a German ride manufacturer-Surname:* Allison Mack , American actor best known for her role in Smallville...
- Mak (disambiguation)
- Marc (disambiguation)