Strike
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Strike may refer to:
Refusal to work or perform
- Strike actionStrike actionStrike action, also called labour strike, on strike, greve , or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became important during the industrial revolution, when mass labour became...
, also known as a walkout, a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to perform work - Culture strikeCulture strikeA culture strike involves the refusal of artists or art institutions to respectively produce and show art....
, refusal of artists or art institutions (arts organizations, festivals etc.) to respectively produce and show art - General strikeGeneral strikeA general strike is a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region, or country. While a general strike can be for political goals, economic goals, or both, it tends to gain its momentum from the ideological or class sympathies of the participants...
, strike action by a critical mass of the labor force in a city, region or country - Hunger strikeHunger strikeA hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not...
, participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others - Prison strikePrison strikeA prison strike is a strike taking place inside a prison, involving either a hunger strike or a prison work strike. The California Code of Regulations states that "[p]articipation in a strike or work stoppage", "[r]efusal to perform work or participate in a program as ordered or assigned", and...
, strike taking place inside a prison, involving either a hunger strike or a prison work strike - Rent strikeRent strikeA rent strike is a method of protest commonly employed against large landlords. In a rent strike, a group of tenants come together and agree to refuse to pay their rent en masse until a specific list of demands is met by the landlord...
, when a group of tenants en masse agrees to refuse to pay rent until a specific list of demands is met by the landlord - Student strikeStudent strikeA student strike occurs when students enrolled at a teaching institution such as a school, college or university refuse to go to class. This form of strike action is often used as a negotiating tactic in order to put pressure on the governing body of the university, particularly in countries where...
, occurs when students enrolled at a teaching institution such as a school, college or university refuse to go to class - Colloquial derived use, such as "the washing machineWashing machineA washing machine is a machine designed to wash laundry, such as clothing, towels and sheets...
's gone on strike."
Physical confrontation or removal
- Strike (attack)Strike (attack)A strike is an attack with an inanimate object, such as a weapon, or with a part of the human body intended to cause an effect upon an opponent or to simply cause harm to an opponent. There are many different varieties of strikes...
, attack with an inanimate object or a part of the human body intended to cause harm - Striking the colorsStriking the colorsStriking the colors is the universally recognized indication of surrender, particularly for ships at sea. Surrender is dated from the time the ensign is struck.-In international law:# "Colors. A national flag . The colors . ....
, to haul down a flag to indicate surrender - StrikethroughStrikethroughStrikethrough is a typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through their center. This is an example....
, typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through the center of them - AirstrikeAirstrikeAn air strike is an attack on a specific objective by military aircraft during an offensive mission. Air strikes are commonly delivered from aircraft such as fighters, bombers, ground attack aircraft, attack helicopters, and others...
, military strike by air forces on either a suspected or a confirmed enemy ground position - Bird strikeBird strikeA bird strike—sometimes called birdstrike, avian ingestion , bird hit, or BASH —is a collision between an airborne animal and a man-made vehicle, especially aircraft...
, collision between an airborne animal and a man-made vehicle, especially aircraft - Military strikeMilitary strikeA military strike is a limited attack on a specified target. Strikes are used, amongst other things, to render facilities inoperable , to assassinate enemy leaders, and to limit supply to enemy troops. A strike can often be the prelude to a war or siege, whose initial strike is for a strategic or...
, limited attack on a specified target - A utility strike is when excavation accidentally hits or damages buried pipes or wires belonging to a public utilityPublic utilityA public utility is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service . Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and regulation ranging from local community-based groups to state-wide government monopolies...
or other such services.
Arts and entertainment
- Strike (brazilian band), Brazilian pop punk band
- Strike (band)Strike (band)Strike are a British dance band formed in 1994 consisting of Matt Cantor, Andy Gardner and the vocalist Victoria Newton.-Career:Strike formed towards the end of 1994. A chance vocal session for Victoria Newton at the studios of Fresh Records in Ladbroke Grove, landed her the role as the lead...
, British dance band formed in 1994 - Strike (film)Strike (film)Strike is a 1925 silent film made in the Soviet Union by Sergei Eisenstein. It was Eisenstein's first full-length feature film, and he would go on to make The Battleship Potemkin later that year. It was acted by the Proletcult Theatre, and composed of six parts...
, 1925 silent film made in the Soviet Union by Sergei Eisenstein - The StrikeThe StrikeThe Strike is one of the short comedy films – written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, and directed by Richardson – which made up the long-running Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents......
, 1988 episode of The Comic Strip Presents - Strike (2006 film)Strike (2006 film)Strike is a Polish language film produced by a mainly German group, released in 2006 and directed by Volker Schlöndorff. The film is broadly a docudrama...
, Polish language film produced by a mainly German group, released in 2006 and directed by Volker Schlöndorff - 7-10 Split (film)7-10 Split (film)7-10 Split is a 2007 American film starring Ross Patterson, Tara Reid, and Vinnie Jones. It has been released in a few European markets in 2007, and Japan in 2008. It has been renamed as Strike for its U.S...
, 2007 film renamed Strike for its U.S. DVD release. - S.T.R.I.K.E.S.T.R.I.K.E.S.T.R.I.K.E. is a fictional, comic book counter-terrorism and intelligence agency in the . The organization, that often deals with superhuman threats, was introduced in Captain Britain Weekly #17, as the United Kingdom's version of the United Nations' S.H.I.E.L.D.The acronym stands for Special...
, fictional, counterterrorism and intelligence agency in the Marvel Comics universe - Strikes (film) starring Anthony Anderson
- "The Strike" (Seinfeld), 166th episode of the NBC sitcom
- Strike EntertainmentStrike EntertainmentStrike Entertainment is an American production company founded in 2002 by Marc Abraham, Thomas Bliss and Eric Newman. Strike's films are distributed through Universal Studios...
, film production company founded in 2002 by Marc Abraham and Thomas Bliss, associated with Universal Studios - Strike Gundam, mobile suit from the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries
- Strike seriesStrike seriesStrike is the common name of a series of video games created by Mike Posehn, John Patrick Manley and Tony Barnes released between 1991 and 1997 by Electronic Arts for a number of video game systems. The games are multi-directional shooters shown from an isometric perspective...
, video games released between 1991 1997 by Electronic Arts - "Strikebreaker" (short story), science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, first published in the January 1957 issue of The Original Science Fiction Stories
- Strikes (album)Strikes (album)Strikes is the third album by Southern rock band Blackfoot, released during 1979. That album has received from the RIAA a platinum certification in April 1986.-Track listing:# "Road Fever" – Medlocke/Spires...
, third album by Southern rock band Blackfoot, released in 1979 - "The Lightning StrikeThe Lightning Strike"The Lightning Strike" is a song from alternative rock band Snow Patrol's fifth album A Hundred Million Suns, and appears as the last track on the album. The lyrics to the song were written by lead singer Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Snow Patrol...
", a 2008 song by Snow Patrol - "Strike the set" (theatrical), process in set constructionSet constructionSet construction is the process by which a set designer works in collaboration with the director of a production to create the set for a theatrical, film or television production...
of dismantling, storing or discarding the materials used
Economics
- Strike priceStrike priceIn options, the strike price is a key variable in a derivatives contract between two parties. Where the contract requires delivery of the underlying instrument, the trade will be at the strike price, regardless of the spot price of the underlying instrument at that time.Formally, the strike...
, fixed price at which the owner of an option can purchase, in the case of a call, or sell, in the case of a put, the underlying security or commodity - "Strike" (eBayEBayeBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
), arbitrary penalty marker used by sellers against buyers for alleged non-payment of items
Law
- Strike from the recordStrike from the recordTo strike from the record is for a judge to forbid a decision maker to consider a particular piece of testimony or other evidence when deciding the case even though he or she has already learned what that evidence or testimony concerned. The commonly heard request is "move to strike", with the...
, request to erase previous testimony or a court proceeding from the record
Science and technology
- Strike and dipStrike and dipStrike and dip refer to the orientation or attitude of a geologic feature. The strike line of a bed, fault, or other planar feature is a line representing the intersection of that feature with a horizontal plane. On a geologic map, this is represented with a short straight line segment oriented...
, measure of the orientation of a geologic feature - Striking clockStriking clockA striking clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell or gong. In 12 hour striking, used most commonly in striking clocks today, the clock strikes once at 1 AM, twice at 2 AM, continuing in this way up to twelve times at 12 noon, then starts over, striking once at 1 PM, twice at 2...
, clock that sounds the hours on a bell or gong - Electric strikeElectric strikeAn electric strike is an access control device used for doors. It replaces the fixed strike faceplate often used with a latchbar . Like a fixed strike, it normally presents a ramped surface to the locking latch allowing the door to close and latch just like a fixed strike would...
, access control device used for doors - Lightning strikeLightning strikeLightning strikes are electrical discharges caused by lightning, typically during thunderstorms.Humans can be hit by lightning directly when outdoors. Contrary to popular notion, there is no 'safe' location outdoors. People have been struck in sheds and makeshift shelters...
, electrical discharges caused by lightning, typically during thunderstorms - "Striking", cutting parts of a plant for propagation
Sports and games
- StrikeStrike (bowling)A strike is a term used in bowling to indicate that all of the pins have been knocked down with the first ball of a frame. On scoresheets, a strike is symbolized by an X.-Scoring:...
, term used in bowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
used to indicate that all of the pins have been knocked down with the first ball of a frame - StrikeStrike zoneIn baseball, the strike zone is a conceptual right pentagonal prism over home plate which defines the boundaries through which a pitch must pass in order to count as a strike when the batter does not swing.-Definition:...
, term used in baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
when a batter swings at and misses a pitch, doesn't swing at a pitch in the strike zoneStrike zoneIn baseball, the strike zone is a conceptual right pentagonal prism over home plate which defines the boundaries through which a pitch must pass in order to count as a strike when the batter does not swing.-Definition:...
or hits a foul ball that is not caught - "On strike", term used in cricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
when a batsman is facing the bowler - In Association football (soccer), a "strike" is an accurate, driven shot kicked using the laces of the boot