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Corner (surname) Corner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chris Corner (born 1974), British musician * David Gregor Corner (c.1585–1648), German abbot and hymnologist * Diane Corner (born 1959), British diplomat, deputy head of United Nation ...
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House of Cornaro The House of Cornaro or Corner are a family in Venice who were patricians in the Republic of Venice and included many Doges and other high officials. The name ''Corner'', originally from the Venetian dialect, was adopted in the eighteenth cent ...
, a noble Venetian family (''Corner'' in Venetian dialect)


Places

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Corner, Alabama Corner is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Geography Corner is located in Jefferson County at the intersection of Jefferson County, Walker County, and Blount County, hence the name. The community is about 6 ...
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Corner Inlet The Corner Inlet is a bay located south-east of Melbourne in the South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Of Victoria's large bays it is both the easternmost and the warmest. It contains intertidal mudflats, mangroves, salt marsh and s ...
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Corner River The Corner River is a tributary of the Harricana River, flowing in the Cochrane District in Ontario, in Canada. The surface of the river is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, but safe circulation on the ice generally occurs from mid-No ...
, a tributary of Harricana River, in Ontario, Canada *
Corner Township, Custer County, Nebraska Corner Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 23 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 23. See also *County government in Nebraska County governmen ...
, a township in the United States


Arts, entertainment, and media


Music

* ''The Corner'' (album), an album by the Hieroglyphics * "The Corner" (song), a 2005 song by Common * "Corner", a song by
Allie Moss Allie Moss is an American songwriter and guitarist from Jersey Shore. She released her own EP entitled ''Passerby'' in 2009. In 2011, Moss released her debut album ''Late Bloomer''.
from her 2009 EP ''Passerby'' * "Corner", a song by Blue Stahli from their 2010 album ''
Blue Stahli Blue Stahli is an American electronic rock project by Bret Autrey. Blue Stahli has appeared in a number of movie trailers, shows and games. History Musical beginnings and VOXiS (1997–2006) Autrey started music at a young age, learning through ...
'' * "The Corner", a song by Dermot Kennedy from his 2019 album ''
Without Fear "Without Fear" is a six-issue ''Daredevil'' story arc written by Ed Brubaker with art by Michael Lark and published by Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divs ...
'' * "The Corner", a song from Staind's 2008 album '' The Illusion of Progress''


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Corner painters, a Danish artists association * ''The Corner'' (1916 film), a 1916 film western * ''The Corner'' (2014 film), a 2014 Iranian drama film *''
The Corner ''The Corner'' is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book '' The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood'' (1997) by David Simon and Ed Burns, and adapted for television by David Simon and David Mi ...
'', HBO TV series based on Simon and Burns' book *''The Corner'', a blog from ''
National Review ''National Review'' is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs. The magazine was founded by the author William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Its editor-in-chief ...
'' *'' The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood'', a 1997 bestselling book by David Simon & Ed Burns *
WCNR WCNR (106.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is an adult album alternative formatted Broadcasting, broadcast radio station licensed to Keswick, Virginia, serving Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, Albemarle and Western F ...
(106.1 FM "The Corner"), a radio station in Charlottesville, Virginia


Sports

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Corner kick A corner kick is the method of restarting play in a game of association football when the ball goes out of play over the goal line, without a goal being scored and having last been touched by a member of the defending team. The kick is take ...
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Cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover Wide receiver, receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such Play from scrimmage, offensive running plays as sweep ...
, also known as corner, a position in American and Canadian football *
Penalty corner In field hockey, a penalty corner, sometimes known as a short corner, is a penalty given against the defending team. It is predominantly awarded for a defensive infringement in the '' penalty circle'' or for a deliberate infringement within the de ...
, a method of restarting play in field hockey, awarded following an infringement by the defending team * The area of canvas near any of the four posts in a
boxing ring A boxing ring, often referred to simply as a ring or the squared circle, is the space in which a boxing match occurs. A modern ring consists of a square raised platform with a post at each corner. Four ropes are attached to the posts and pulled p ...
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Other uses

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Corner (fence) Various obstacles are found in competitive sports involving horse jumping. These include show jumping, hunter, and the cross-country phase of the equestrian discipline of eventing. The size and type of obstacles vary depending on the course and t ...
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Corner (route) A route is a pattern or path that a receiver in gridiron football runs to get open for a forward pass. Routes are usually run by wide receivers, running backs and tight ends, but other positions can act as a receiver given the play. One popular ...
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Corner detection Corner detection is an approach used within computer vision systems to extract certain kinds of features and infer the contents of an image. Corner detection is frequently used in motion detection, image registration, video tracking, image mo ...
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Cornering the market In finance, cornering the market consists of obtaining sufficient control of a particular stock, commodity, or other asset in an attempt to manipulate the market price. One definition of cornering a market is "having the greatest market share in ...
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The Corner (Charlottesville, Virginia) The Corner is a seven-block collection of bars, restaurants, bookstores, and night spots on University Avenue in Charlottesville, Virginia, extending from 12 Street Southwest to Chancellor Street. located across the street from the University of Vi ...
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Müller Corner Müller may refer to: * ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) (sometimes referred to as ''Müllerlieder''; ''Müllerin'' is a female miller) is a song cycle with words by Wilhelm Müller and music by Franz Schubert * Doctor Müller, fictional character ...
, a range of yoghurts produced by Müller Dairy *Corner, a point at which a derivative of a mathematical function is
discontinuous Continuous functions are of utmost importance in mathematics, functions and applications. However, not all functions are continuous. If a function is not continuous at a point in its domain, one says that it has a discontinuity there. The set of a ...
*Corner, a fixed point in
metes and bounds Metes and bounds is a system or method of describing land, real property (in contrast to personal property) or real estate. The system has been used in England for many centuries and is still used there in the definition of general boundaries. The ...
surveying *Corner, an intersection in a road or street *Corner, another word for a
Vertex (geometry) In geometry, a vertex (in plural form: vertices or vertexes) is a point where two or more curves, lines, or edges meet. As a consequence of this definition, the point where two lines meet to form an angle and the corners of polygons and polyh ...


See also

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Angle In Euclidean geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the '' sides'' of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the '' vertex'' of the angle. Angles formed by two rays lie in the plane that contains the rays. Angles a ...
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