A wedge is a triangular-shaped simple machine. Wedge, The Wedge, or Wedges may also refer to:

Common meanings

Wedge (footwear) Wedge boots, wedgies, or lifties are shoes and boots with a Sole (shoe), sole in the form of a wedge, such that one piece of material, normally rubber, serves as both the Sole (shoe), sole and the heel. This design dates back to ancient Greece. ...

, a type of shoe *

Wedge (golf) In the sport of golf, a wedge is a subset of the Iron (golf), iron family of golf clubs designed for special use situations. As a class, wedges have the highest lofts, the shortest shafts, and the heaviest clubheads of the irons. These features ...

, a type of golf club

Culture

Fictional characters

* Wedge (''Transformers''), an Autobot, leader of the Build Team in the "Transformers: Robots in Disguise" toy line *

Wedge Antilles Wedge Antilles is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. He is a supporting character portrayed by Denis Lawson in the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy. He is also featured in the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe, most notably as ...

, a character in the ''Star Wars'' films * Wedge, a recurring character in the ''Final Fantasy'' video game series; see

Biggs and Wedge ''Final Fantasy'' is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games (RPGs). The eponymous fi ...

Music

* ''The Wedge'' (album), by the British band Pallas * "The Wedge" (song), by American band Phish, 1993 *

Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime between 1727 and 1736, during his time in Leipzig. The work is sometimes called "The Wedge" due to the chromatic outward motion of the fugue ...

, a work by Johann Sebastian Bach sometimes called "The Wedge" *

Wedge Records Wedge Records is a 1990s California record label specializing in punk rock/ hardcore. The label is most noted for releasing early AFI and Frantics records. It was founded by Matt "Wedge" Wedgley of The Circus Tents, The Force, and Viva Hate. ...

, a record label

Television

* ''The Wedge'' (Australian TV series), a sketch show on Network Ten, aired until 2007 * ''The Wedge'' (Canadian TV series), a music show on MuchMusic, aired until 2014

Publications

* ''The Wedge'' (poetry), a collection by William Carlos Williams * '' Wedge: The Secret War between the FBI and CIA'', a book by Mark Riebling

Linguistics

* Wedge (phonetics), the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol * Caron, háček or wedge, a diacritic symbol

Mathematics

* Wedge (geometry), a polyhedral solid * Wedge (symbol) (

\land

), a symbol which is interpreted as logical conjunction ("and") *

Wedge product A wedge is a triangular shaped tool, and is a portable inclined plane, and one of the six simple machines. It can be used to separate two objects or portions of an object, lift up an object, or hold an object in place. It functions by converti ...

, the exterior product of vectors

People

* Wedge (surname), a list of people with the surname * Nickname of

Warren Grimm Warren O. "Wedge" Grimm (March 9, 1888 – November 11, 1919) was an All-American at the University of Washington and an officer in the United States Army, he served with distinction as part of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia stationed i ...

(1888–1919), American Legion Post Commander killed in the Centralia massacre

Places

United States

Wedge International Tower Wedge International Tower, usually capitalized as WEDGE International Tower, is a skyscraper in Houston, Texas. The building was formerly known as the Southwest Bank of Texas Building, Unitedbank Plaza, and 1415 Louisiana. The building rises in ...

, in Houston, Texas *

The Wedge (surfing) The Wedge is a spot located at the extreme southeast end of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California known for its large waves that makes it a popular spot for surfing and bodysurfing. The Wedge is located at the intersection of the beac ...

, a surf spot in Newport Beach, California *

Wedges Creek Wedges Creek is a stream in Clark County, Wisconsin, in the United States. History Wedges Creek derives its name from John D. Wage, a lumberman. See also *List of rivers of Wisconsin This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. By d ...

, Wisconsin *

Wedge Plantation The Wedge Plantation, which is also known as The Wedge or the William Lucas House, is a plantation about east of McClellanville in Charleston County, South Carolina. The plantation is a wedge-shaped property between the Harrietta Plantation ...

, South Carolina *

Lowry Hill East, Minneapolis Lowry Hill East is a neighborhood in southwest Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, part of the Calhoun Isles community. Lowry Hill East developed in the 1880s along a horse-drawn streetcar line built by Thomas Lowry. The interior of the neig ...

, a neighborhood nicknamed "the Wedge" in Minneapolis, Minnesota *

Wedge (border) The Wedge (or Delaware Wedge) is a tract of land along the borders of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Ownership of the land was disputed until 1921; it is now recognized as part of Delaware. The tract was created primarily by the shortcomin ...

, a small area of Delaware that was disputed between Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware until 1921

Antarctica

Wedge Face Wedge Face () is a descriptive name for the prominent wedge-shaped rock spur that projects from Mount Patrick into the eastern part of Beardmore Glacier. This feature was almost surely observed by Shackleton's Southern Journey Party Southern may ...

, on the Shackleton Coast, Antarctica *

Wedge Ridge Wedge Ridge () is a conspicuous rock ridge, 1,145 m, near the head of Blaiklock Glacier and immediately west of Pointer Nunatak in the west part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE. The name given by the United Kingdom A ...

, in Coats Land, Antarctica

Elsewhere

Wedge Island (disambiguation) Wedge Island may refer to: ;Australia: * Wedge Island (South Australia) ** Wedge Island, South Australia, a locality * Wedge Island (Tasmania) * Wedge Island (Western Australia) ;Canada: * Wedge Island (Nova Scotia) Wedge Island is a tidal isla ...

, various islands (also a settlement and a locality) in Australia and Canada *

Wedge Mountain Wedge Mountain, prominence: , often locally referred to as The Wedge or simply "Wedge", is the highest summit in the Garibaldi Ranges and therefore also Garibaldi Provincial Park, and is among the nearest of the many peaks visible from the Whis ...

, in British Columbia, Canada * The Wedge (Alberta), a mountain in the Fisher Range of the Canadian Rockies

Geographical features

, a small tract of land along the borders of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania * The Wedge (Montana), a mountain range * Wedge Peak (Alaska) * Wedge Pass

Food

* Submarine sandwich *

Potato wedges Potato wedges are irregular wedge-shaped slices of potato, often large and unpeeled, that are either baked or fried. They are sold at diners and fast food restaurants. They are usually seasoned with a variety of spices, commonly paprika, salt ...

, a large cut of potatoes fried and eaten as a side dish

Companies

Wedge Community Co-op The Wedge Community Co-op or The Wedge is a food cooperative located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Located at 2105 Lyndale Avenue South, the Wedge derives its name from the popular nickname for the Lowry Hill East neighborhood, called "The Wedge" du ...

, a grocery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States * Wedge Group, a British galvanising company

Other uses

* Flying wedge, a troop formation * The Wedge, the narrowest house in Britain, located on the island of Great Cumbrae *

DOS Wedge The DOS Wedge is a piece of Commodore 64 system software that was popular in its time. It was written by Bob Fairbairn, and was included by Commodore (CBM) on the 1541 disk drive Test/Demo Disk (filename: "DOS 5.1") and also packaged with the C ...

, a piece of software for the Commodore 64 computer * TVR Wedges, a series of sports cars * The wedge, a weather phenomenon resulting from cold air damming * Wedge issue or wedge politics, means of weakening one's political opponents *

Wedge strategy The Wedge Strategy is a creationist political and social action plan authored by the Discovery Institute, the hub of the pseudoscientific intelligent design movement. The strategy was put forth in a Discovery Institute manifesto known as the We ...

, a creationist political and social action plan