Advantage may refer to:
* Advantage (debate), an argument structure in competitive debate
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Mechanical advantage
Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system. The device trades off input forces against movement to obtain a desired amplification in the output force. The model for ...
, in engineering, the ratio of output force to input force on a system
* Advantage of terrain, in military use, a superiority in elevation over an opposing force
* Advantage (cryptography), a measure of the effectiveness of an enemy's code-breaking effort
Sport
* Advantage, in
tennis terminology
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology.
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* Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and ge ...
, when one player needs one more point to win the game
* Advantage in football and rugby; decision made by officials in a game ''not'' to stop play after a rule infringement, because the opposing side has a better position if play continues normally. See, for example, entries in glossaries of
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
,
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
, and
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
terms
Arts and entertainment
* ''Advantage'' (film), a 1977 Bulgarian film
*''The Advantage : Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business'', book by Patrick Lencioni
Advantage (band)
Grown at Home was a British ska punk band, tipped as "the new market leaders for their genre in this country, with a nationwide fanbase to back their unsurmountable popularity". The band formed in 2002 in Stafford.
Biography
After forming in 20 ...
, an English brass rock band (fl. 2000s)
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The Advantage (band)
The Advantage is an American rock band from Sacramento, California that formed in 1998 and specialises in doing covers of music from old NES games, also known as Nintendocore. The band is named after the NES joystick controller of the same nam ...
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The Advantage (album)
''The Advantage'' is the debut release by American rock band The Advantage. It is their first full-length studio album.HMS ''Advantage'', one of three ships of the British Navy
Brands
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Advantage Database Server
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Imidacloprid
Imidacloprid is a systemic insecticide belonging to a class of chemicals called the neonicotinoids which act on the central nervous system of insects. The chemical works by interfering with the transmission of stimuli in the insect nervous system ...
(''Advantage'' or ''Advantage Flea Killer''), a flea poison for pets
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Gillig
Gillig (formerly Gillig Brothers) is an American designer and manufacturer of buses. The company headquarters, along with its manufacturing operations, is located in Livermore, California (in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area) ...
Advantage, a low-floor transit bus
* Advantage, later known as Alpen Wheat Flakes, a breakfast cereal
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Advantage Rent a Car
Advantage Rent a Car is a privately held American car rental company headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
The company was founded in 1963 by Kenneth and Helen Walker as "$3.99 Car Rentals" and quickly expanded by purchasing several different car r ...
, a car rental company
* GP Advantage, a brand of printer paper owned by Georgia-Pacific
* NES Advantage, a joystick for the Nintendo Entertainment System
* Super Advantage, a joystick for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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