Cast may refer to:
Music
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Cast (band)
Cast are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 1992 by John Power (musician), John Power (vocals, guitar) and Peter Wilkinson (bass guitarist), Peter Wilkinson (bass, backing vocals) after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former ...
, an English alternative rock band
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Cast (Mexican band), a progressive Mexican rock band
* The Cast, a Scottish musical duo:
Mairi Campbell and Dave Francis
* ''Cast'', a 2012 album by
Trespassers William
* ''Cast'', a 2018 album by
KAT-TUN
Science and technology
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Casting (metalworking)
In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a Mold (manufacturing), mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intende ...
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Cast iron
Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively low melting temperature. The alloying elements determine the form in which its car ...
, a group of iron-carbon alloys
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Cast (geology), a cavity formed by decomposition that once were covered by a casing material
* Cast, visible piles of mineral-rich organic matter excreted above ground by
earthworm
An earthworm is a soil-dwelling terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida. The term is the common name for the largest members of the class (or subclass, depending on the author) Oligochaeta. In classical systems, they we ...
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Cast of the eye, a condition in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object
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Orthopedic cast, a protective shell to hold a limb in place, for example to help in healing broken bones
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Cast (computer science), to change the interpretation of a bit pattern from one data type to another in computer programming
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Urinary cast, tubules found in urine
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Google Cast, a protocol built into the Google Chromecast and other embedded technologies
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Game cast of a video game
Sports
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Cast (archery), the distance a bow can shoot its arrow
* Cast, in
falconry
Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Two traditional terms are used to describe a person ...
, to fly two or more falconry birds together
* Cast, in
fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment (Freshwater ecosystem, freshwater or Marine ecosystem, marine), but may also be caught from Fish stocking, stocked Body of water, ...
, to cast a line refers to the act of throwing bait or a lure using a fishing line out over the water using a flexible fishing rod
Other uses
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Cast member, one of the performers in a play, movie, or other performing art form
* Cast, the casting of a
magic spell
* Don cast, an Indonesia talk show on
Nusantara TV
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Plaster cast, a copy made in plaster of another three-dimensional form, such as a sculpture
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Cast, Finistère, a commune of the Finistère ''département'', France
* Cast, a theatre venue in
Doncaster
Doncaster ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest se ...
, UK
People with the name
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Alice Cast (born 1900), British sprinter
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Kristin Cast (born 1986), coauthor of the ''House of Night'' series with her mother P.C. Cast
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P. C. Cast
Phyllis Christine Cast (born April 30, 1960) is an American romance/fantasy author, known for the '' House of Night'' series she writes and her daughter Kristin Cast edits, as well as her own ''Goddess Summoning'' and ''Partholon'' book serie ...
(born 1960), American romance/fantasy coauthor of the ''House of Night'' series with her daughter Kristin Cast
See also
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CAST (disambiguation)
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Caste (disambiguation)
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Casting (disambiguation)
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Hard cast (disambiguation)
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The die is cast (Latin: ''Alea iacta est'')
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"The Die Is Cast" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), an episode of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
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