Starter may refer to:
Science and technology
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Starter motor
A starter (also self-starter, cranking motor, or starter motor) is a device used to rotate (crank) an internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the engine's operation under its own power. Starters can be electric motor, electric, pneumatic ...
s, used to start internal-combustion engines
* Motor starters, a
motor controller used to start large electric motors
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Lamp starter
A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. An electric current in the gas excites mercury vapor, which produces short-wave ultraviolet lig ...
, used to initiate operation of fluorescent lights
Food and meals
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Bread starter or "sponge", a fermented mixture used in baking sourdough
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Fermentation starter, preparations to assist the beginning of fermentation
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Entrée and
Hors d'œuvre
An hors d'oeuvre ( ; french: hors-d'œuvre ), appetiser or starter is a small dish served before a meal in European cuisine. Some hors d'oeuvres are served cold, others hot. Hors d'oeuvres may be served at the dinner table as a part of the m ...
, a course before the main course of a meal
Sports
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Starting pistol, in athletics competitions
* A player in the
starting lineup
In sports, a starting lineup is an official list of the set of players who will participate in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as ''starters'', whereas the others are ''substitutes'' o ...
* A
starting pitcher
In baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter of a game. Starting pit ...
in baseball
* In horse racing, the person who operates the
starting barrier
A starting gate also called a starting barrier or starting stalls is a machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse racing and dog racing.
History
Throughout the history of horse racing, there have been proposals as to how better to start ...
mechanism to begin a horse race
Other uses
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Starter (clothing line), a clothing brand that was popular in the 1990s
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Starter packs, a trading card games deck containing enough cards to play a full game self-sufficiently
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Jan Janszoon Starter (1593–1626), poet from the Northern Netherlands
See also
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Restarter (disambiguation)
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Start (disambiguation)
Start can refer to multiple topics:
*Takeoff, the phase of flight where an aircraft transitions from moving along the ground to flying through the air
* Starting lineup in sports
*Standing start, and rolling start, in an auto race
Acronyms
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