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Arts and entertainment

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Collector (character) Collector (Taneleer Tivan) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared in '' The Avengers'' #28 (May 1966), during the Silver A ...
, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe * ''Collector'' (2011 film), a 2011 Indian Malayalam film * ''Collector'' (2016 film), a 2016 Russian film * ''Collectors'' (film), a 2020 South Korean film * Collectors (''Mass Effect''), a fictional insectoid race in the video game ''Mass Effect 2'' * ''Collectors'' (TV series), an Australian television series * Collector Records, an American folk label founded by
Joe Glazer Joe Glazer (June 19, 1918 – September 19, 2006), closely associated with labor unions and often referred to as "labor's troubadour," was an American folk musician who recorded more than thirty albums over the course of his career. Early l ...
* "Collectors", a short story by Raymond Carver from his collection ''
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? ''Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?'' (1976) was the first major-press short-story collection by American writer Raymond Carver. Described by contemporary critics as a foundational text of minimalist fiction, its stories offered an incisive and i ...
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The Collector (disambiguation) ''The Collector'' is a 1963 novel by John Fowles. The Collector(s) may also refer to: Film and television Film * ''The Collector'' (1965 film), a film based on Fowles's novel, starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar * ''The Collector'' (1997 fi ...
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The Collectors (Canadian band) The Collectors was a Canadian psychedelic rock band active in the 1960s. History The Collectors debuted in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1961 as a house band (the C-FUN Classics) for CFUN radio, and renamed itself The Collectors in 1966. The ...
, 1968-70 Vancouver-based rock band, forerunner of Chilliwack


Places

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Collector, New South Wales Collector is a small village on the Federal Highway in New South Wales, Australia halfway between Goulburn and the Australian Capital Territory. It is seven kilometres north of Lake George. At the , Collector and the surrounding district had a ...
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Collector Parish, Argyle The Parish of Collector is a parish of Argyle County located to the north of Lake George.Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria ...
, a parish in New South Wales, Australia


Technology

* In automotive engineering, a part of some
extractor manifold In an internal combustion engine, the geometry of the exhaust system can be optimised ("tuned") to maximise the power output of the engine. Tuned exhausts are designed so that reflected pressure waves arrive at the exhaust port at a particular t ...
s * In electronics, a part of a
bipolar junction transistor A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is a type of transistor that uses both electrons and electron holes as charge carriers. In contrast, a unipolar transistor, such as a field-effect transistor, uses only one kind of charge carrier. A bipolar ...
* In water treatment, a class of chemicals used in
froth flotation Froth flotation is a process for selectively separating hydrophobic materials from hydrophilic. This is used in mineral processing, paper recycling and waste-water treatment industries. Historically this was first used in the mining industry, wher ...
* A
collector shoe Electric current collectors are used by trolleybuses, trams, electric locomotives or EMUs to carry electrical power from overhead lines, electrical third rails, or ground-level power supplies to the electrical equipment of the vehicles. Those fo ...
on a bogie


Other uses

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Collecting The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining items that are of interest to an individual ''collector''. Collections differ in a wide variety of respects, most obvio ...
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Collector road A collector road or distributor road is a low-to-moderate-capacity road which serves to move traffic from local streets to arterial roads. Unlike arterials, collector roads are designed to provide access to residential properties. Rarely, juris ...
, a type of road leading from local roads to busier areas *
District collector A District Collector-cum-District Magistrate (also known as Deputy Commissioner in some states) is an All India Service officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre who is responsible for ''land revenue collection'', ''canal reven ...
or simply ''collector'', in India, a government appointee in charge of a district in a state * Collector, in finance, an employee of a
collection agency Debt collection is the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses. An organization that specializes in debt collection is known as a collection agency or debt collector. Most collection agencies operate as agents of ...
* A procurer of specimens for a
scientific collection A scientific collection is a collection of items that are preserved, catalogued, and managed for the purpose of scientific study. Scientific collections dealing specifically with organisms plants, fungi, animals, insects and their remains, may al ...


See also

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The Collector (disambiguation) ''The Collector'' is a 1963 novel by John Fowles. The Collector(s) may also refer to: Film and television Film * ''The Collector'' (1965 film), a film based on Fowles's novel, starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar * ''The Collector'' (1997 fi ...
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Collection (disambiguation) Collection or Collections may refer to: * Cash collection, the function of an accounts receivable department * Collection (church), money donated by the congregation during a church service * Collection agency, agency to collect cash * Collections ...
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