Feeder may refer to:

Technology

Feeder (livestock equipment) A feeder, is a feed holder, such as fixed holder or trailer-mounted hopper, delivering feed or fodder to cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock. See also * Manger __NOTOC__ A manger or trough is a rack for fodder, or a structure or feed ...

Feeder (beekeeping) A feeder is a vessel or contraption used by beekeepers to feed pollen or honey (or substitutes) to honey bees from a honey bee colony. Beekeepers feed bees when there is a shortage of those resources in nature, or when beekeepers want to mimic an ...

, any of several devices used in apiculture to supplement or replace natural food sources * Feeder (casting), another name for a riser, a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage * Feeder cells, are cells that line a

Petri dish A Petri dish (alternatively known as a Petri plate or cell-culture dish) is a shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to hold growth medium in which cells can be cultured,R. C. Dubey (2014): ''A Textbook Of Biotechnology For Class- ...

to provide cell contact for cells or tissues that grow on top of the feeder cells * Feeder,

frontage road A frontage road (also known as an access road, outer road, service road, feeder road, or parallel road) is a local road running parallel to a higher-speed, limited-access road. A frontage road is often used to provide access to private drivew ...

, or other small road eventually delivering traffic to a larger one *

Feeder line (disambiguation) Feeder line may refer to: *Feeder line (network), a branch line of a communications or other network *Feeder line development program, a part of the 1980 Staggers Rail Act that allows the Interstate Commerce Commission (now the Surface Transportatio ...

, a peripheral route or branch from a main line or trunk line *

Aquarium fish feeder Aquarium fish feeders are electric or electronic devices that are designed to feed aquarium fish at regular intervals. They are often used to feed fish when the aquarist is on vacation or is too busy to maintain a regular feeding schedule. Design ...

, an electric or electronic device that is designed to feed aquarium fish at regular intervals *

Automatic document feeder In multifunction or all-in-one printers, fax machines, photocopiers and scanners, an automatic document feeder or ADF is a feature which takes several pages and feeds the paper one page at a time into a scanner or copier,Bird feeder A birdfeeder, bird table, or tray feeder are devices placed outdoors to supply bird food to birds (bird feeding). The success of a bird feeder in attracting birds depends upon its placement and the kinds of foods offered, as different species h ...

Bowl feeder Vibratory bowl feeders, also known as a bowl feeders, are common devices used to orient and feed individual component parts for assembly on industrial production lines. They are used when a randomly sorted bulk package of small components must be ...

, used to feed components automation applications *

Bulk feeder Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffixes -vore, -vory, or -vorous from Latin ''vorare'', meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Greek φαγ ...

Leaky feeder A leaky feeder is a communications system used in underground mining and other tunnel environments. Manufacturers and cabling professionals use the term "radiating cable" as this implies that the cable is designed to radiate: something that coaxia ...

, a communications system used in underground mining and other tunnel environments *

Rotary feeder Rotary feeders, also known as rotary airlocks or rotary valves, are commonly used in industrial and agricultural applications as a component in a bulk or specialty material handling system. Rotary feeders are primarily used for discharge of bulk ...

, a component in a bulk or specialty material handling system *

Variable rate feeder A variable rate feeder (often shortened to belt feeder, or simply feeder) is a piece of industrial control equipment used to deliver solid material at a known rate into some process. Belt feeders vs. belt conveyors In both form and function, ...

, a piece of industrial control equipment used to deliver solid material at a known rate into some process *

Vibrating feeder A vibratory feeder is an instrument that uses vibration to "feed" material to a process or machine. Vibratory feeders use both vibration and gravity In physics, gravity () is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction betwee ...

, an instrument that uses vibration to feed material to a process or machine * In

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, a character who dies repeatedly

People

Livestock feeder (person) A cattle feeder is a farmer who buys or rears cattle to add weight and quality to the cattle for the meat industry The meat industry are the people and companies engaged in modern industrialized livestock agriculture for the production, packing, p ...

, a farmer rearing and fattening livestock

Vehicles

* Feeder bus,

bus service Public transport bus services are generally based on regular operation of transit buses along a route calling at agreed bus stops according to a published public transport timetable. History of buses Origins While there are indications ...

that brings people from a rail station or transit hub to their final destination or vice versa *

Feeder ship Feeder vessels or feeder ships are medium-size freight ships. In general, a feeder designates a seagoing vessel with an average capacity of . Feeders collect shipping containers from different ports and transport them to central container termina ...

, a small-to-medium container ship which collects and distributes containers between ports and hubs

Electrical

* In

electric power distribution Electric power distribution is the final stage in the delivery of electric power; it carries electricity from the transmission system to individual consumers. Distribution substations connect to the transmission system and lower the transmissi ...

, voltage power line transferring power from a distribution substation to the distribution transformers * An

electrical wiring Electrical wiring is an electrical installation of cabling and associated devices such as switches, distribution boards, sockets, and light fittings in a structure. Wiring is subject to safety standards for design and installation. Allowable ...

circuit in a building which carries power from a transformer or switch gear to a distribution panel * A circuit conductor between the power supply source and a final branch circuit over current device *

Feeder link A feeder link is – according to ''Article 1.115'' of the International Telecommunication Union´s (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR)ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.115, definition: ''feeder link'' – ...

, a radio link from an earth station at a given location to a space station (up-link), or vice versa (down-link)

Entertainment

Feeder (band) Feeder are a Welsh rock band formed in Newport in 1994. They have released 11 studio albums, 12 compilations, four EPs and 43 singles, spending a combined total of 184 weeks on the singles and albums charts as of 2019, while accumulating 25 ...

, a Welsh rock group * ''Feeders'' (film), a 1996 low-budget horror film by the Polonia brothers * "The Feeder", filmed as

Behind the Make-Up ''Behind the Make-Up'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Milton and Dorothy Arzner (who was uncredited),Mayne, p. 54, 183 and based on the short story "The Feeder" by Mildred Cram. The film stars Hal Skelly, William Pow ...

(1930)

Mildred Cram Mildred Cram (October 17, 1889 – April 4, 1985) was an American writer. Her short story "Stranger Things" was included in the O. Henry Award story collection for 1921. A number of her stories and novels were made into films. She was also ...

Organisms

Feeder cattle Feeder cattle, in some countries or regions called store cattle, are young cattle mature enough either to undergo backgrounding or to be fattened in preparation for slaughter. They may be steers (castrated males) or heifers (females who have ...

Feeder cell A fibroblast is a type of biological cell that synthesizes the extracellular matrix and collagen, produces the structural framework ( stroma) for animal tissues, and plays a critical role in wound healing. Fibroblasts are the most common cells of ...

, a fibroblast, a type of cell used in human embryonic stem cell research *

Feeder fish Feeder fish is the common name for certain types of small, inexpensive fish commonly fed as live food to other captive animals such as predatory fishes (e.g. sharks in captivity, aquarium sharks, aquaculture of salmonids, farmed salmon and tuna p ...

, certain types of inexpensive fish commonly fed as live prey to captive animals *

Fluid feeder (disambiguation) Fluid feeders are organisms that feed on the fluid of other organisms. It can refer to: *Hematophagy, feeding on blood *Nectarivore, feeding on nectar *Plant sap Sap is a fluid transported in xylem cells (vessel elements or tracheids) or phl ...

, organisms that feed on the fluid of other organisms *

Deposit feeder Detritivores (also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders, or detritus eaters) are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces). There are many kinds of invertebrates, ...

, organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming dissolved organic matter *

Live food Live food is living animals used as food for other carnivorous or omnivorous animals kept in captivity; in other words, small preys (such as insects, small fish or rodents) fed alive to larger predators kept either in a zoo or as a pet. Live f ...

Other

* ''Feeder'', a software application for creating, editing and publishing

RSS RSS ( RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many di ...

feeds on Mac OS X *

Feeder (fetish) "Big Beautiful Woman" (commonly abbreviated as BBW) is a euphemism for an overweight woman. Meaning and usage The terms "Big Beautiful Women" and "BBW" were coined by Carole Shaw in 1979, when she launched ''BBW Magazine'', a fashion and l ...

, someone who gains sexual pleasure from helping another gain weight *

Feeder Airlines Feeder Airlines was an airline based in Juba, South Sudan Juba () is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria State. It is the world's newes ...

* Feeder band, a band of squall-like winds and rain on the outside of a

tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...

Feeder barn A functionally classified barn is a barn whose style is best classified by its function. Barns that do not fall into one of the broader categories of barn styles, such as English barns or crib barns, can best be classified by some combination of ...

Feeder bluff A Feeder bluff is a coastal cliff or headland that, through erosion and weathering, provides sediment to down-current beaches as a result of littoral drift. First discussed at Western Washington University, the term ''feeder bluff'' is primarily ...

, in geography *

Feeder club In sports, a farm team, farm system, feeder team, feeder club, or nursery club is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher ...

, another name for a farm team *

Feeder formula Formula racing (known as open-wheel racing in North America) is any of several forms of Open-wheel car, open-wheeled single-seater Auto racing, motorsport. The origin of the term lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the Fédération Inte ...

, in formula racing *

Feeder fund A feeder fund is an investment fund which does almost all of its investments through a ''master fund'' via a master-feeder relationship. It is a situation similar to a fund of funds A "fund of funds" (FOF) is an investment strategy of holding ...

, an investment fund which does almost all of its investments through a master fund via a master-feeder relationship *

Feeder school A college-preparatory school (usually shortened to preparatory school or prep school) is a type of secondary school. The term refers to public, private independent or parochial schools primarily designed to prepare students for higher education ...