Rope trick
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The term rope trick can refer to more than one thing.
- Any magic trick involving a rope
- Indian rope trickIndian rope trickThe Indian rope trick is stage magic said to have been performed in and around India during the 19th century. Sometimes described as "the world’s greatest illusion", it reputedly involved a magician, a length of rope, and one or more boy assistants....
, a trick involving causing a rope to appear to levitate in the air and then climbing up it; commonly associated with Indian fakirs
- Indian rope trick
- Trick ropingTrick ropingTrick roping is an entertainment or competitive art involving the spinning of a lasso or lariat. It is particularly associated with wild west shows or western arts in the United States....
, in western arts or wild west shows - Rope trick effectRope trick effectthumb|200px|High-speed video clip of a nuclear explosion showing the rope trick effectRope trick is the term given by physicist John Malik to the curious lines and spikes which emanate from the fireball of certain nuclear explosions just after detonation....
, in physics, seen in photographs of nuclear explosions when there are ropes attached to the exploding object