Rank
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Rank is a very broad term with several meanings. As a noun it is usually related to a relative position or to some kind of ordering (see also ranking). As an adjective it is used to mean profuse, conspicuous, absolute, or unpleasant, especially in relation to the sense of smell or taste.
[edit] Specific meanings
- Position within a command hierarchy requiring obedience:
- Taxonomic rank - position within a taxonomy:
- An achieved level of performance or credential:
- Rank (chess), a row of the chessboard
- Rank of a playing card, typically one of { ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king }
- Taxi rank, a designated area for taxi-cabs to queue up whilst waiting for passengers
- Rank of pipes in a pipe organ
- Rank (formation) Military term for a line of soldiers
- Rank (mathematics):
- Rank (linear algebra, matrix theory)
- Rank of a tensor
- Rank of a vector bundle
- Rank of an abelian group
- Rank of a Lie group
- Rank (set theory)
- Rank (graph theory)
- Rank (differential topology)
- Rank-into-rank
- Rank test (disambiguation)
- Mean reciprocal rank
- Rank of a greedoid (maximum size of a feasible set)
- Rank of a free module
- RANK (Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor κ B)
- Rank (computer programming)
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[edit] Other names
- J. Arthur Rank and organisations associated with him:
- The Rank Group Plc
- Rank Organisation
- RHM formerly Rank Hovis McDougall
- Otto Rank
- Rank (album), a live album by The Smiths
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