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Objects

* A round
handle A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that allows it to be grasped and manipulated by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tra ...
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Doorknob A door handle or doorknob is a handle used to open or close a door. Door handles can be found on all types of doors including exterior doors of residential and commercial buildings, internal doors, cupboard doors and vehicle doors. There are many ...
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Control knob {{more citations needed, date=January 2017 A control knob is a rotary device used to provide manual input adjustments to a mechanical/electrical system when grasped and turned by a human operator, so that differing extent of knob rotation corresp ...
, controls a device **
Brodie knob A brodie knob (alternative spelling: brody knob) is a doorknob-shaped handle that attaches to the steering wheel of an automobile or other vehicle or equipment with a steering wheel. Other names for this knob include suicide, necker, granny, ...
, on a steering wheel *
Tow ball A tow hitch (or tow bar or trailer hitch in North America) is a device attached to the chassis of a vehicle for towing, or a towbar to an aircraft nose gear. It can take the form of a tow ball to allow swiveling and articulation of a Trailer (v ...
or hitch ball *
Dorset knob A Dorset knob is a hard dry savoury biscuit which is now produced by only a single producer - Moores Biscuits of Bridport, Dorset, England - for a limited time of the year. Description Dorset knobs are made from bread dough which contains extra ...
, a biscuit


Landforms

* A rounded hill or
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...
, particularly in the Appalachians and the Ozarks **
List of geographical knobs Knob is used in the name of many geographical features: * Knob Creek can refer to any of several streams by that name * Knob Fork, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States * Knob Hill, a neighborh ...
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The Knob (disambiguation) The Knob may refer to: * The Knob (Indiana) * The Knob (Montana), a mountain in Custer County, Montana * The Knob (South Georgia) * The Knob (New York) See also * List of geographical knobs Knob is used in the name of many geographical fea ...
, several individual knobs with the name * A knob is also a
kame A kame, or ''knob'', is a glacial landform, an irregularly shaped hill or mound composed of sand, gravel and till that accumulates in a depression on a retreating glacier, and is then deposited on the land surface with further melting of the g ...
, which is a mound left behind by a glacier *
Knobs region The Knobs Region or ''The Knobs'' is located in the US state of Kentucky. It is a narrow, arc-shaped region consisting of hundreds of isolated hills. The region wraps around the southern and eastern parts of the Bluegrass region in the north cen ...
, a geographic region of Kentucky, locally known as "The Knobs", consisting of hundreds of isolated hills


Radio stations

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KNOB (FM) KNOB is a commercial radio station in Healdsburg, California, broadcasting to the Santa Rosa, California, area on 96.7 FM. The station airs an adult hits format and is branded as "Bob FM". History KNOB previously aired an alternative rock forma ...
, a radio station (96.7 FM) licensed to Healdsburg, California, United States *
KSFN KSFN (1510 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a Spanish Regional Mexican music radio format. Licensed to Piedmont, California, the station serves the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is currently owned by Alfredo Plascencia's L ...
, a radio station (1510 AM) licensed to Piedmont, California, United States, which held the call sign KNOB from 1995 to 1997 *
KJPG KJPG (1050 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic radio format as a network affiliate of Relevant Radio. Licensed to Frazier Park, California, it serves the Bakersfield metropolitan area. The station is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc., wh ...
, a radio station (1050 AM) licensed to Frazier Park, California, United States, which held the call sign KNOB from 1988 to 1994 *
KLAX-FM KLAX-FM (97.9 FM) is an American commercial radio station located in East Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area. KLAX-FM airs a regional Mexican music format branded as "La Raza". The station has studios in Los ...
, a radio station (97.9 FM) licensed to Long Beach, California, United States, which held the call sign KNOB from 1949 to 1988


Other uses

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KNOB (duo) KNOB (in Hebrew נוב) (stylized as knob) is an Israeli music duo formed in 2006, that has become a famous dance music act on Israeli dance floors and popular on Israeli radio stations. KNOB is made up of Niv Cohen and Meital Patash-Cohen. The two ...
, Israeli musical singing and producing duo (Niv Cohen and Meital Patash-Cohen) * Protrusions on the surface of red blood cells in
malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. S ...


See also

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Knobs into holes packing A coiled coil is a structural motif in proteins in which 2–7 alpha helix, alpha-helices are coiled together like the strands of a rope. (Protein dimer, Dimers and Protein trimer, trimers are the most common types.) Many coiled coil-type protei ...
, in molecular biology {{Disambiguation, callsign