Lift or LIFT may refer to:

Physical devices

Elevator An elevator or lift is a wire rope, cable-assisted, hydraulic cylinder-assisted, or roller-track assisted machine that vertically transports people or freight between floors, levels, or deck (building), decks of a building, watercraft, ...

, or lift, a device used for raising and lowering people or goods **

Paternoster lift A paternoster (, , or ) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two people) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can ...

, a type of lift using a continuous chain of cars which do not stop **

Patient lift A patient lift (patient hoist, jack hoist, hydraulic lift) may be either a sling lift or a sit-to-stand lift. This is an assistive device that allows patients in hospitals and nursing homes and people receiving home health care to be transferred ...

, or Hoyer lift, mobile lift, ceiling lift, a lift to assist a caregiver for a disabled patient **

Rack lift A rack lift is a type of elevator which consists of a cage attached to vertical rails affixed to the walls of a tower or shaft and which is propelled up and down by means of an electric motor which drives a pinion gear that engages a rack gear ...

, a type of elevator **

Ski lift A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts. The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald. Types * Aerial l ...

, an aerial or surface lift for uphill transport **

Space elevator A space elevator, also referred to as a space bridge, star ladder, and orbital lift, is a proposed type of planet-to-space transportation system, often depicted in science fiction. The main component would be a cable (also called a tether) anc ...

, a hypothetical structure for transporting material from a planet's surface into outer space **

Wheelchair lift A wheelchair lift, also known as a platform lift, or vertical platform lift, is a fully powered device designed to raise a wheelchair and its occupant in order to overcome a step or similar vertical barrier. Wheelchair lifts can be installed in ...

or platform lift, a powered device to assist a person in a wheelchair *

Forklift A forklift (also called lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various c ...

, a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials short distances *

Scissor lift An aerial work platform (AWP), also known as an aerial device, elevating work platform (EWP), cherry picker, bucket truck or mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment t ...

, a type of aerial work platform * Body lift, an adaptation (of fixed height) to lift the automobile body from the frame *

Suspension lift A suspension lift is a modification to a vehicle to raise the ride height. It is done for the purpose of improving the off road performance of SUVs or trucks and other off-road vehicles, or for cosmetic purposes. Suspension lifts can enable s ...

, a modification raising the suspension of the automobile * Stairlift, a mechanical device to help people with disabilities get up stairs

Sport

* A specific way of lifting a barbell, dumbbell(s), kettlebell, or other piece of sporting equipment in a strength sport (e.g. weightlifting, weight training, powerlifting), such as ** clean-and-jerk, snatch,

deadlift The deadlift is a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell or bar is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, torso perpendicular to the floor, before being placed back on the ground. It is one of the three powerlifting exercises, ...

, squat,

bench press The bench press, or chest press, is a weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight upwards while lying on a weight training bench. Although the bench press is a full-body exercise, the muscles primarily used are the pectorali ...

military press The overhead press is an upper-body weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight overhead while seated or standing. It is mainly used to develop the anterior deltoid muscles of the shoulder. The standing version was once a compone ...

, clean-and-press, dumbbell curl,

fly Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...

calf raise Calf raises are a method of exercise, exercising the triceps surae (gastrocnemius and soleus), tibialis posterior, and peroneal muscles of the lower leg. The movement performed is plantar flexion, also called ankle extension. Bent-knee Calf raises ...

two hands anyhow The Two Hands Anyhow is a traditional strongman weightlifting exercise. The goal was to lift as much weight overhead with two hands (two separate weights) in any method. The exercise was popular with lifters such as Arthur Saxon and Thomas Inch ...

Figure skating lifts Figure skating lifts are required elements in two disciplines of figure skating, pair skating and ice dance. There are five groups of lifts in pair skating, categorized in order of increasing level of difficulty. Judges look for the following when ...

, movements in pair skating and ice dancing *

Sky Paragliders Lift The Sky Paragliders Lift is a Czech single-place paraglider, designed and produced by Sky Paragliders of Frýdlant nad Ostravicí. Available in the mid-2000s, it is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Le ...

, a Czech paraglider design

Science and technology

Lift (force) A fluid flowing around an object exerts a force on it. Lift is the component of this force that is perpendicular to the oncoming flow direction. It contrasts with the drag force, which is the component of the force parallel to the flow direct ...

, in fluid dynamics, a force generated by an object moving through a fluid **

Lift coefficient In fluid dynamics, the lift coefficient () is a dimensionless quantity that relates the lift generated by a lifting body to the fluid density around the body, the fluid velocity and an associated reference area. A lifting body is a foil or a com ...

, a coefficient that relates the lift generated by a lifting body to other parameters *

Lift (soaring) Lift is a meteorological phenomenon used as an energy source by soaring aircraft and soaring birds. The most common human application of lift is in sport and recreation. The three air sports that use soaring flight are: gliding, hang gliding and p ...

, rising air used by soaring birds and glider, hang glider and paraglider pilots for soaring flight *

Lift (data mining) In data mining and association rule learning, lift is a measure of the performance of a targeting model (association rule) at predicting or classifying cases as having an enhanced response (with respect to the population as a whole), measured ag ...

, a measure of the performance of a model at segmenting the population *

Lift (web framework) Lift is a free and open-source web framework that is designed for the Scala programming language. It was originally created bDavid Pollakwho was dissatisfied with certain aspects of the Ruby on Rails framework. Lift was launched as an open source ...

, a web application framework for Scala

Mathematics

Lift (mathematics) In category theory, a branch of mathematics, given a morphism ''f'': ''X'' → ''Y'' and a morphism ''g'': ''Z'' → ''Y'', a lift or lifting of ''f'' to ''Z'' is a morphism ''h'': ''X'' → ''Z'' such that . We say that ''f'' factors through ''h ...

, a morphism ''h'' from ''X'' to ''Z'' such that ''gh'' = ''f'' *

Homotopy lifting property In mathematics, in particular in homotopy theory within algebraic topology, the homotopy lifting property (also known as an instance of the right lifting property or the covering homotopy axiom) is a technical condition on a continuous function from ...

, a unique path over a map *

Covering graph In the mathematical discipline of graph theory, a graph is a covering graph of another graph if there is a covering map from the vertex set of to the vertex set of . A covering map is a surjection and a local isomorphism: the neighbourhood of ...

or lift

Cosmetics

Shoe lifts A removable shoe insert, otherwise known as a foot orthosis, insole or inner sole accomplishes many purposes, including daily wear comfort, height enhancement, plantar fasciitis treatment, Arches of the foot, arch support, foot and joint pain rel ...

, a removable shoe insert **

Elevator shoes Elevator shoes are shoes that have thickened sections of the insoles (known as shoe lifts) under the heels to make the wearer appear taller, or "elevate" them as the name suggests. Unlike high-heeled shoes, the component of elevator shoes that i ...

, shoes that have thickened sections of the insoles *

Plastic surgery Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes craniofa ...

, surgery to lift the skin **

Rhytidectomy A facelift, technically known as a rhytidectomy (from the Ancient Greek () "wrinkle", and () "excision", the surgical removal of wrinkles), is a type of cosmetic surgery procedure used to give a more youthful facial appearance. There are mul ...

or face lift, a type of plastic surgery **

Mastopexy Mastopexy (Greek μαστός ''mastos'' "breast" + -pēxiā "affix") is the plastic surgery mammoplasty procedure for raising sagging breasts upon the chest of the woman, by changing and modifying the size, contour, and elevation of the breasts. ...

or breast lift, a type of plastic surgery

Media

London International Festival of Theatre The London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) is a biennial festival of theatre, performance and cultural events. The organisation also supports year-round activity in London. The organisation was founded by Rose Fenton and Lucy Neal, ...

(LIFT)

Films

* ''

The Lift ''The Lift'' (Dutch language, Dutch: ''De Lift'') is a 1983 Dutch Science fiction film, science-fiction horror film directed and written by Dick Maas. The plot concerns an elevator that mysteriously begins to function intelligently on its own, w ...

'', a 1983 Dutch horror film by Dick Maas * ''Lift'' (2021 film), 2021 Indian Tamil-language horror drama film

Music

* Lift (band), a German rock band

Albums

* ''Lift'' (Audio Adrenaline album) (2001) and its title track * ''Lift'' (Love and Rockets album) (1998) * ''Lift'' (Sister Hazel album) (2004) * ''Lift'' (Shannon Noll album) (2005) * ''Lift'' (Dave Gunning album) * '' Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard'', a 2004 album by Chris Potter

Songs

* "Lift" (Poets of the Fall song), (2004) * "Lift" (Shannon Noll song) * "Lift" (Sean Tyas song) (2006) * "Lift" (Radiohead song)

Other uses

* LIFT (nonprofit), a nonprofit anti-poverty organization *

LIFT (airline) LIFT is a South African regional airline, which operates domestic routes from O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg using a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft, operated by Global Aviation.Lead-in fighter trainer A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate flight training of pilots and aircrews. The use of a dedicated trainer aircraft with additional safety features—such as tandem flight controls, forgiving flight characteristi ...

, a type of advanced military training aircraft * Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT), nonprofit that provides legal information in New York State, US *

Lift (soft drink) Lift is a range of soft drinks produced by The Coca-Cola Company that has been available in Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Philippines and Eastern Europe since the 1970s, which is carbonated and flavored with fruit jui ...

, a brand of carbonated beverage produced and marketed by the Coca-Cola Company *

Airlift An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft. Airlifting consists of two distinct types: strategic and tactical. Typically, strategic airlifting involves moving material long distanc ...

, in logistics, the act of transporting people or cargo from point to point using aircraft *

Hitchhiking Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, autostop or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their car or other vehicle. The ride is usually, but not always, free. Nomads hav ...

, a form of transport in which the traveller tries to get a lift (or ride) from another traveller * Lift, a special type of arrow in the video game engine '' StepMania''