Patrol
A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as Law enforcement officer, law enforcement officers, military personnel, or Security guard, security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area.
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, or beat, a group of personnel assigned to monitor a specific area
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Beat (police)
In police terminology, a beat is the territory that a police officer is assigned to patrol. Beats are used to effectively divide available officers across a law enforcement agency's jurisdiction, ensuring organized police presence across a wide a ...
, the territory that a police officer patrols
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Gay beat
In Australia, the term beat is used to refer to an area frequented by gay men, where sexual acts occur. This use of the word parodies the beat walked by a police officer or a prostitute. Most commonly, public toilets, parks, and nightclubs are ...
, an area frequented by gay men
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Battery (crime)
Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact.
Battery is a specific common law offense, although the term is used more generally to refer t ...
, a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact
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Assault
An assault is the act of committing physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in crim ...
, inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact
* Corporal punishment, punishment intended to cause physical pain
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Strike (attack)
A strike is a directed physical attack with either a part of the human body or with an inanimate object (such as a weapon) intended to cause blunt trauma or penetrating trauma upon an opponent.
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, repeatedly and violently striking a person or object
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Victory
The term victory (from Latin ''victoria'') originally applied to warfare, and denotes success achieved in personal Duel, combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign constitu ...
, success achieved in personal combat, military operations or in any competition
People
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Beat (name)
Beat (pronounced "Bey-ah-t") is a German male given name, derived from the Latin name Beatus, which means "blessed".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Beat" Retrieved on 10 January 2016. The name is common in German-speaking Switzerland because of S ...
, a German male given name
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Jackie Beat
Jackie Beat (born July 24, 1963) is the drag persona of actor, singer, songwriter and screenwriter Kent Fuher. Beat has appeared in a number of independent feature films both in and out of drag, including '' Wigstock: The Movie'', '' Flawless'', ...
, drag persona of Kent Fuher (born 1963)
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Aone Beats
William Alfred, better known as Aone, is a Nigerian-born American record producer and songwriter, signed to Rick Ross' label Maybach Music Group. He became active in the music industry in 2008 and is known for his work with urban music artists s ...
(born 1984) Nigerian record producer
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Billy Beats
William Edwin Beats (13 November 1871 – 6 April 1936) was an England international footballer. A centre-forward, he scored 150 goals in 403 league games in 16 years from 1891 to 1907.
He began his career with Burslem Port Vale in 1891, and ...
(1871-1936) British footballer
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Cohen Beats
Michael Cohen (, born October 5, 1986), known by his stage name Cohen () or by his producer name Cohen Beats (stylized as CohenBeats or Cohenbeats), he is a half of the duo Cohen@Mushon beside Michael Moshonov.
Biography
Born in Israel, the s ...
(Michael Cohen, born 1986), Israeli record producer
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Eno Beats
Enock Kisakye (born April 26, 1991), better known as Producer Eno Beats, is a Ugandan music producer. He is the Chief executive officer at Eno Beats Production Limited located in Makindye, Kampala. Eno has worked with most of Uganda's top musici ...
(Enock Kisakye, born 1991), Ugandan record producer
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Laxio Beats
Bernard Antwi-Darko, better known as Laxio Beats, is a Ghanaian record producer and composer. He is best known for the production of Ghanaian rapper Guru’s hit single akayida in 2013.
Early life, music career
Laxio Beats, the youngest o ...
(Bernard Antwi-Darko, born 1987), Ghanaian record producer
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Mizz Beats
Mizz Beats (real name: Iman Yanee) is a record producer and DJ from London. She has collaborated with Skepta, Dizzee Rascal and Roots Manuva, D Smoke, Sir (singer), Tiffany Gouché, Terrace Martin
Discography Singles and EPs
* "Purple Love"/"T ...
(Iman Yanee, fl. from 2004), British record producer
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Rico Beats
Ricardo Lamarre, known professionally as Rico Beats, is an American record executive, record producer, and songwriter. His most notable production credits are DJ Khaled's "Take That Off", Nicki Minaj's " Roman Reloaded", Soulja Boy's " Mean Mug" ...
(Ricardo Lamarre, fl. from 2004), American record producer
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional characters
* Beat, in video game ''
Eternal Sonata
is a role-playing video game developed by tri-Crescendo and published by Bandai Namco Games. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 2007 in Europe. The game wa ...
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* Beat, in the game ''
Jet Set Radio
(originally released in North America as ''Jet Grind Radio'') is a 2000 action game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. The player controls a member of a youth gang, the GGs, as they use inline skates to traverse Tok ...
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* Beat, in the game ''
The World Ends with You
''The World Ends with You'' is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and Jupiter and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo DS. Set in the modern-day Shibuya shopping district of Tokyo, the game uses urban fantasy elements insp ...
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* Beat, a robot bird in the ''
Mega Man
''Mega Man'', known as in Japan, is a Japanese science fiction video game franchise created by Capcom, starring a series of robot characters each known by the moniker "Mega Man (character), Mega Man". Mega Man (video game), The original game w ...
Beat (filmmaking)
In filmmaking, a beat is a small amount of action resulting in a pause in dialogue. Beats usually involve physical gestures like a character walking to a window or removing their glasses and rubbing their eyes. Short passages of internal monologue ...
, a small amount of action resulting in a pause in dialogue
Music
Groups
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Beat (band)
Beat were a Finnish band who represented their country in Eurovision Song Contest 1990. The group performed the song Fri? (Free?) in Swedish and finished 21st out of 22 countries, scoring 8 points. The group was composed of members Janne Engblo ...
, a Finnish band
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The Beat (British band)
The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are a British band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock.
The Beat, co ...
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The Beat (American band)
The Beat (soon renamed to Paul Collins' Beat) is an American rock and power pop band from Los Angeles that formed in 1979. Paul Collins' Beat resurfaced in the 1990s and continues to tour and record new material. Front man Paul Collins has rel ...
Neotheater
''Neotheater'' is the third studio album by American pop band AJR. It was released on April 26, 2019, by the band's label AJR Productions. The album was self-produced by the trio.
Background and release
The 12 tracks were collectively described a ...
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Music channels
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Beats Music
Beats Music was a subscription-based online music streaming service owned by the Beats Electronics division of Apple Inc. The service combined algorithm-based personalization with expert music suggestions from a variety of sources.
Development ...
, an Apple music streaming service
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MTV Beats
MTV India is an Indian pay television channel specialising in music, reality and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 as the Indian version of MTV and is owned by Viacom 18, a joint venture operation between MTV International own ...
, music TV channel of India
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Beat 102 103
Beat 102 103 is an independent regional radio station in the Republic of Ireland licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland covering counties Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Tipperary in South East Ireland. It began broadcas ...
, an Irish radio station
Other uses in music
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Beat (music)
In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the ''mensural level'' (or ''beat level''). The beat is often defined as the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening to a p ...
, the basic time in music and music theory
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Beat music
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The genre melded influences from American rock and roll, rhythm and blues, skiffle ...
, a popular music genre
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Drum beat
A drum beat or drum pattern is a rhythmic pattern, or repeated rhythm establishing the meter and groove through the pulse and subdivision, played on drum kits and other percussion instruments. As such a "beat" consists of multiple drum strokes o ...
, a rhythmic pattern
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media
* Beat, an intentional pause for emphasis in
comic timing
Comic timing emerges from a performer's joke delivery: they interact with an audience— intonation, rhythm, cadence, tempo, and pausing—to guide the audience's laughter, which then guides the comedic narrative. The pacing of the delivery of ...
Unit of action
In acting, units of action, otherwise known as bits or beats, are sections that a play's action can be divided into for the purposes of dramatic exploration in rehearsal.
The concept was propounded by the Russian actor, director and educator ...
, or beat, in acting
Transportation
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Beat (app)
Beat operates a taxi and ride-hailing mobile app for smartphones and other mobile devices. Beat's headquarters are located in Athens, Greece. About 90 percent of the company’s ride-booking activity is in Latin America, where more than 250,000 d ...
, a ride-hailing app
* Beat, a model of the
Daiichi Kosho Whisper
The Daiichi Kosho Whisper is a Japanese paramotor that was designed and produced by the Daiichi Kosho Company for powered paragliding.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page D-23. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001 ...
paramotor
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Chevrolet Beat
The Chevrolet Spark ( ko, 쉐보레 스파크, translit=) is a city car manufactured by General Motors's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was initially developed by Daewoo and was introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz ( ko, 대 ...
, a car
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Honda Beat
The Honda Beat is a rear wheel drive, mid-engined two-seat roadster kei car produced from May 1991 until February 1996. The Beat was the last car to be approved by Soichiro Honda before he died in 1991. The total number of cars produced was ar ...
, a car
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Honda FC50
The Honda FC50, also known as the Honda Beat, is a scooter manufactured by Honda in 1983. It was produced mainly for the Japanese domestic market — although both new and used models were exported from Japan—making it a fairly hard-to-find s ...
, or Honda Beat, a motor scooter
Other uses
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Beat (acoustics)
In acoustics, a beat is an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, ''perceived'' as a periodic variation in volume whose rate is the difference of the two frequencies.
With tuning instruments that can produce su ...
, an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies
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Beat (charity)
Beat is the UK's leading charity supporting those affected by eating disorders and campaigning on their behalf. Founded in 1989 as the Eating Disorders Association, it celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2019.
The charity is dedicated to helping ...
, a British charity that supports people with eating disorders
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Beat (drink)
BEAT is a citrus-flavored soft drink by The Coca-Cola Company released in Mexico in 2002. It was a Mexican version of citrus soft drinks like Mello Yello or Surge and a response to the release in Mexico of Mountain Dew by PepsiCo. Beat was disco ...
, a citrus-flavored soft drink
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Beat (fencing)
This is a glossary of terms used in fencing.
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, a simple preparatory motion
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Beats Electronics
Beats Electronics LLC (also known as Beats by Dr. Dre, or simply Beats by Dre) is an American consumer audio products manufacturer headquartered in Culver City, California. The company was founded by music producer Dr. Dre and record company exe ...
, or Beats by Dr. Dre, an American producer of audio products
* Beat, a time unit of
Swatch Internet Time
Swatch Internet Time (or ) is a decimal time concept introduced in 1998 by the Swatch corporation as part of their marketing campaign for their line of "Beat" watches.
Instead of hours and minutes, the mean solar day is divided into 1,000 parts ...
, and a range of watches
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Beating against the wind
Tacking is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing vessel, whose desired course is into the wind, turns its bow toward and through the wind so that the direction from which the wind blows changes from one side of the boat to the other, allowing p ...
, a sailing manoeuvre
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The Beat (disambiguation) The Beat may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Beat'' (1988 film), an American drama starring William McNamara
* ''The Beat'' (2003 film), an American drama starring Jazsmin Lewis
* ''The Beat'' (TV series), a 2000s American drama series
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Back Beat (disambiguation)
Backbeat is a rhythmic accentuation on even beats.
Backbeat may also refer to:
* ''Backbeat'' (biography), a biography of drummer Earl Palmer
* ''Backbeat'' (film) (1994), chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany
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Beat It (disambiguation) " Beat It" is a song by Michael Jackson.
Beat It may also refer to:
Music
* "Beat It" (Sean Kingston song), 2013
*"Beat It", 1967 song by Tony Cole
*"Beat It", 1980 song by Klaus Klang
Other
* ''Beat It'' (film), a 1918 American short comedy ...
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Beet (disambiguation)
Beet is a plant, the taproot portion of which is eaten as a vegetable, called beets or beetroot.
Beet may also refer to:
People
* George Beet (disambiguation), the name of two English cricketers
* Gordon Beet (1939-1994), English cricketer
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Big beat (disambiguation) Big beat is an electronic music genre.
Big beat may also refer to:
* Big beat, in the 1950s, later to be known as beat music
* Big-beat (Eastern Bloc), a name for rock and roll and relative genres in Central Europe in 1960s
* ''Big Beat'' (film), ...
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Downbeat (disambiguation)
' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Ch ...
Upbeat (disambiguation)
Up beat may refer to:
*Upbeat, in music, the Beat_(music)#Downbeat_and_upbeat, last beat in the previous bar which immediately precedes the downbeat
*Anacrusis, a note (or sequence of notes) which precedes the first downbeat in a bar in a musical ...
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Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized by Silent Generatio ...
, a literary movement
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Beat reporting
Beat reporting, also known as specialized reporting, is a genre of journalism focused on a particular issue, sector, organization, or institution over time.
Description
Beat reporters build up a base of knowledge on and gain familiarity with th ...
, a genre of journalism
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Beat 'em up
The beat 'em up (also known as brawler and, in some markets, beat 'em all) is a video game genre featuring hand-to-hand combat against a large number of opponents. Traditional beat 'em ups take place in scrolling, two-dimensional (2D) levels, ...
, a video game genre
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Beate
Beata or Beate is a female given name that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning " blessed".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Beate" Retrie ...
, a given name
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Beats International
Beats International were a British dance music band and hip-hop collective, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook (later in his career known as Fatboy Slim) based in Brighton, East Sussex, England, after his departure from the Housemartins.
A ...
, a British dance music band and hip-hop collective
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Beetroot
The beetroot is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in North America as beets while the vegetable is referred to as beetroot in British English, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet, dinner beet or golden beet ...
, or beet, or beets, a vegetable
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Dr. Beat
"Dr. Beat" is the first international single released by the American band Miami Sound Machine, led by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, on their first English language, but eighth overall, studio album, '' Eyes of Innocence'' (1984). The s ...
", a 1984 single by Miami Sound Machine
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New beat
New beat is a Belgian electronic dance music genre that fuses elements of new wave, hi-NRG,Simon Reynolds: ''Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture.'' Routledge 1999, , p. 124. EBM and hip hop (e.g. scratching).Timo ...
, Belgian underground music genre
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Saint-Béat
Saint-Béat (; Gascon: ''Sent Biat'') is a former commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Béat-Lez.