Able may refer to:
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Able (1920 automobile) The Able was a small French cyclecar made in Avignon by Paul Toulouse, built between 1920 and 1927.
It was a fairly ordinary 4-cylinder light car that utilized engines from companies such as SCAP, Chapuis-Dornier and CIME, ranging from 1100&nbs ...
, a small French cyclecar
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Able (rocket stage)
Able rocket stage, is the second stage in the Vanguard rocket cutaway view
Able rocket stage engine in the foreground
The Able rocket stage was a rocket stage manufactured in the United States by Aerojet as the second of three stages of the Van ...
, an upper stage for Vanguard, Atlas, and Thor rockets
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Able (surname) Able is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Forest Able (born 1932), American basketball player
* George Graham Able (born 1947), British educationalist
* Whitney Able (born 1982), American actress and model
See also
*Abel (surn ...
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ABLE account An ABLE account, also known as a 529 ABLE or 529A account, is a state-run savings program for eligible people with disabilities in the United States. Rules governing ABLE accounts are codified in Internal Revenue Code section 529A, which was enacted ...
, a savings plan for people with disabilities
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Able UK
Able UK is a British industrial services company specialising in decommissioning of ships and offshore installations.
Overview
Able UK is a British industrial services company, operating primarily in the marine decommissioning and recycling b ...
, British ship breaking and recycling company
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Able, Colorado
Able is an extinct town in Bent County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The GNIS
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughou ...
, a community in the United States
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Association for Better Living and Education
The Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California, established by the Church of Scientology. It states that it is "dedicated to creating a better future for children and co ...
, a non-profit Church of Scientology organization
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Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission
The Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, often referred to as the ABLE Commission, is an agency of the state of Oklahoma. The ABLE Commission is charged with protecting the public welfare and interest through the enforcement of state l ...
, a.k.a. Able Commission
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USNS ''Able'' (T-AGOS-20), a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship
* Able space probes, probes in the
Pioneer program
The Pioneer programs were two series of United States lunar and planetary space probes exploration. The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully attempted to send spacecraft to orbit the Moon, successfully sent one spacecraft to ...
* Able, a U.S. 1946 nuclear weapon test, part of
Operation Crossroads
Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the ...
* Able, one of the first two
monkeys in space
Before humans went into space in the 1960s, several other animals were launched into space, including numerous other primates, so that scientists could investigate the biological effects of spaceflight. The United States launched flights contain ...
to return to Earth alive
* The first letter of the Able-Baker
spelling alphabet
A spelling alphabet ( also called by various other names) is a set of words used to represent the letters of an alphabet in oral communication, especially over a two-way radio or telephone. The words chosen to represent the letters sound sufficient ...
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Hurricane Able The name Able has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
*Hurricane Able (1950), a Category 3 hurricane that ultimately hit Nova Scotia as a tropical storm
*Hurricane Able (1951), an early-season Category 1 hurricane ...
, three hurricanes in the early 1950s
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Abel (disambiguation)
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Ability (disambiguation)
An ability is the power an agent has to perform various actions.
Ability may also refer to:
* Aptitude, a component of a competency to do a certain kind of work at a certain level
* Capability (disambiguation)
* Intellectual giftedness, an inte ...
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Ables (disambiguation) Ables may refer to:
* 5175 Ables, an asteroid
*Harry Ables (1883–1951), American Major League Baseball pitcher
*Tony Ables (born 1954), American serial killer
*Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance, a US National Institute for Occupation ...
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