Spanner
Encyclopedia
Spanner may refer to:
Titled expressive works:
- Spanner (UK) or wrenchWrenchA wrench or spanner is a tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn objects—usually rotary fasteners, such as nuts and bolts—or keep them from turning....
(North America), a kind of hand tool - Spanner, brand of prostatic stent
- Spanner (screw drive), a type of screw drive that consists of two holes in the screw head and two pins on the tool
- Spanner (Garmin program)Spanner (Garmin program)Spanner is a free program provided by Garmin for PCs running Windows 2000 or XP. It ‘translates’ live positional data from Garmin’s proprietary interface into NMEA 0183. Garmin’s proprietary interface data is only provided via USB whereas NMEA data is provided via serial port...
, interface for global-positioning-system receiver - Spanner (surname)Spanner (surname)Spanner is a surname.Those bearing it include:* Anita Spanner , Austrian singer Anita* Chimp Spanner , pseudonym of musician Paul Ortiz* Hans-Joachim Spanner , German physicist & co-inventor of prototype fluorescent lamp...
- Spanner, fictional character in Reborn! cartoons
Titled expressive works:
- Spanner (journal), British periodical
- The SpannerThe SpannerThe Spanner is a free Irish Satirical magazine, which is published monthly in print format and as a weekly e-zine to members of Irish student website, . Its first issue was published in November 2004, making The Spanner Ireland’s longest running free satirical publication...
, Irish periodical - Spanners (album)Spanners (album)Spanners is a music album by IDM artists Black Dog Productions which was released in 1995.-Track listing:# "Raxmus" – 3:03# "Bolt 1" – 0:27# "Barbola Work" – 6:42# "Bolt 2" – 0:27# "Psil-Cosyin" – 10:32...
, 1995, by The Black Dog
See also
- Spanner graph, various mathematical concepts a.k.a. K-spanner (disambiguation)
- Operation SpannerOperation SpannerOperation Spanner was the name of an operation carried out by police in the United Kingdom city of Manchester in 1987, as a result of which a group of homosexuals were convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm for their involvement in consensual sadomasochism over a ten year period.The...
, British police investigation - The Spanner TrustThe Spanner TrustThe Spanner Trust is a United Kingdom organization set up to campaign for the right for adults to take part in consensual BDSM activities without fear of prosecution. It was set up after the Operation Spanner court case...
, activist group - Dick Spanner, P.I.Dick Spanner, P.I.Dick Spanner, P.I. was a 1986 British stop-motion animated comedy series which parodied Chandleresque detective shows. The titular character and main protagonist was Dick Spanner, voiced by Shane Rimmer, a robotic private detective who works cases in a futuristic urban setting...
, British animation series