Lovelock may refer to:
Places
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Lovelock, California, United States
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Lovelock, Nevada
Lovelock is the county seat of Pershing County, Nevada, United States, in which it is the only incorporated city. It is the namesake of a nearby medium-security men's prison and a Cold War-era gunnery range. Formerly a stop for settlers on the ...
, United States
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Lovelock Correctional Center
Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC) is a Nevada Department of Corrections prison in unincorporated Pershing County, Nevada, United States, near Lovelock.
History
Lovelock is in Pershing County and is the seventh major institution of the Nevada D ...
, in Nevada
People
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Lovelock (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
Science
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Lovelock's theorem
Lovelock's theorem of general relativity says that from a local gravitational action which contains only second derivatives of the four-dimensional spacetime metric, then the only possible equations of motion are the Einstein field equations. T ...
, a theorem about gravity
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Lovelock theory of gravity
In theoretical physics, Lovelock's theory of gravity (often referred to as Lovelock gravity) is a generalization of Einstein's theory of general relativity introduced by David Lovelock in 1971. It is the most general metric theory of gravity yiel ...
, an extension of Einstein's theory of general relativity
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51663 Lovelock, a minor planet
Arts and media
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''Lovelock'' (novel), a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and Kathryn H. Kidd
* ''Lovelock'', a book by
James McNeish
Sir James Henry Peter McNeish (23 October 1931 – 11 November 2016) was a New Zealand novelist, playwright and biographer.
Biography
McNeish attended Auckland Grammar School and graduated from Auckland University College with a degree in lang ...
about Jack Lovelock
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''Lovelock!'' (album), 1976 soul/disco album by Gene Page
Other meanings
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Lovelock (hair)
A Lovelock was popular amongst European "men of fashion" from the end of the 16th century until well into the 17th century. The lovelock was a long lock of hair, often plaited ( braided) and made to rest over the left shoulder (the heart side) to ...
, late 16th – early 17th century European "men of fashion" might wear a lovelock
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Lovelock Shield, an Australian rules football competition
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Lovelock Cave
Lovelock Cave (NV-Ch-18) is a North American archaeological site previously known as Sunset Guano Cave, Horseshoe Cave, and Loud Site 18. The cave is about 150 feet long and 35 feet wide.Heizer, Robert F., and Lewis K. Napton (1970). ''Archaeology ...
, an archaeological site in North America
See also
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Love lock
A love lock or love padlock is a padlock that significant other pairs lock to a bridge, fence, gate, monument, or similar public fixture to symbolize their love. Typically the sweethearts' names or initials, and perhaps the date, are inscribe ...
, a symbol of romantic love
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Locks of Love
Locks of Love is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity that provides custom-made hair prosthetics to disadvantaged children up to the age of 21 who have suffered hair loss as a result of medical conditions, such as alopecia, burn trauma, and cancer treatm ...
, a US-based charity
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