Waist (disambiguation)
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Waist
is the narrow point of the body between the ribcage and hips. Other meanings derive from this by extension.
Waist
The waist is the part of the abdomen between the rib cage and hips. On proportionate people, the waist is the narrowest part of the torso....
is the narrow point of the body between the ribcage and hips. Other meanings derive from this by extension.
- Waist (clothing)Waist (clothing)Waist is a common term for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse or woman's shirt from the early 19th century through the Edwardian period.A shirtwaist was originally a separate blouse constructed like a shirt....
is also a term for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse or woman's shirt. - Waist, a variant of waistlineWaistline (clothing)The waistline is the line of demarcation between the upper and lower portions of a garment, which notionally corresponds to the natural waist but may vary with fashion from just below the bust to below the hips. The waistline of a garment is often used to accentuate different features...
, the line of demarcation between the upper and lower portions of a garmentClothingClothing refers to any covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies...
, which notionally corresponds to the natural waist but may vary with fashion from just below the bust to the upper hips - Waist, a constriction in the body of musical instruments
- Waist, the narrowest part of a laser beam, see Gaussian beamGaussian beamIn optics, a Gaussian beam is a beam of electromagnetic radiation whose transverse electric field and intensity distributions are well approximated by Gaussian functions. Many lasers emit beams that approximate a Gaussian profile, in which case the laser is said to be operating on the fundamental...
- W.A.I.S.T.W.A.I.S.T.The W.A.I.S.T. is the acronym for the West Africa Invitational Softball Tournament.Held in Dakar, Senegal every February, this amateur, co-ed slo-pitch softball event attracts North American and Japanese expatriates as well as increasing numbers of Senegalese nationals...
, acronym for an international softball tournament held in West Africa every year