Clearing may refer to:
Arts and media
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''Clearing'' (Fred Frith album), 2001
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Clearing (Hyd album), 2022
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''The Clearing'' (film), a 2004 drama film
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The Clearing (EP)
Weatherbox is an American indie rock band from San Diego, California, United States, led by singer/songwriter Brian Warren and currently composed of Warren and varied touring members.
Discography
Weatherbox was originally signed to Doghouse Reco ...
, a 2006 EP by Weatherbox
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''The Clearing'' (Sleep for Sleepers album), 2009
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''The Clearing'' (Locrian album), 2011
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The Clearing (''Homeland''), an episode of the American television series ''Homeland''
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The Clearing (podcast)
''The Clearing'' is a 2019 true crime podcast about April Balascio, daughter of American serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards. It premiered on 18 July 2019 and is a production of Pineapple Street Media and Gimlet Media. In 2009, April began to s ...
, a 2019 true crime podcast
Ecology
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Clearing (forest)
In the most general sense, a glade or clearing is an open area within a forest. Glades are often grassy meadows under the canopy of deciduous trees such as red alder or quaking aspen in western North America. They also represent openings in for ...
, a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
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Clearing (geography)
The clearing of woods and forests is the process by which vegetation, such as trees and bushes, together with their roots are permanently removed. The main aim of this process is to clear areas of forest, woodland or scrub in order to use the s ...
, the process by which vegetation is permanently removed
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Deforestation
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated d ...
, the clearing away of trees to make farmland
Economics and finance
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Clearing (finance)
In banking and finance, clearing denotes all activities from the time a commitment is made for a transaction until it is settled. This process turns the promise of payment (for example, in the form of a cheque or electronic payment request) into ...
, the process of settling a transaction after committing to it
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Market clearing
In economics, market clearing is the process by which, in an economic market, the supply of whatever is traded is equated to the demand so that there is no excess supply or demand. The new classical economics assumes that in any given market, assum ...
, the matching of supply and demand via price movement
Other uses
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Clearing, Chicago
Clearing, one of the 77 semi-official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. The southern portion of Chicago Midway International Airport is located within this community area.
History
The history ...
, a community area in Illinois, U.S.
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The Clearing (Ellison Bay, Wisconsin), also known as The Clearing Folk School
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Clearing (telecommunications)
Clearing, in telecommunications means:
* A sequence of events used to disconnect a call and return to the ready state for the next call setup. It is sometimes, particularly in the context of common-channel signaling, called teardown.
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, the disconnecting of a call
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Yarn clearing, in textile industry
* Clearing, a
practice in Scientology
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Clearing, a process used by the UK's Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
See also
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Clear (disambiguation)
Clear may refer to:
*Transparency and translucency, the physical property of allowing light to pass through
Arts and entertainment Music Groups
* Clear (Christian band), an American CCM group from Cambridge, Minnesota
* Clear (hardcore band), a ...
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Clearance (disambiguation)
Clearance can refer to:
Engineering
* Engineering tolerance, a physical distance or space between two components
* Ride height (vehicle clearance)
* Hydraulic clearance
* Clearance in civil engineering
** Ground clearance, the amount of space bet ...
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