arrow An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers c ...

is a projectile launched from a bow. Arrow or arrows may also refer to:

Symbols

* Arrow (symbol) **

↑ (disambiguation) The symbol ↑, an upward pointing arrow, also called up arrow, uparrow, or upwards arrow, may refer to: Notation * ↑, a mathematical symbol for "undefined" * ↑, a notation of Knuth's up-arrow notation for very large integers * ↑, a mathemat ...

→ (disambiguation) → or -> may refer to: * one of the arrow symbols, characters of Unicode * one of the arrow keys, on a keyboard * →, >, representing the assignment operator in various programming languages * ->, a Pointer operator in C and C++ where a->b i ...

↓ (disambiguation) The arrow symbol ↓ may refer to: * The downward direction, a relative direction * The keyboard cursor control key, an arrow key * A downwards arrow, a Unicode arrow symbol * Logical NOR, operator which produces a result that is the negation of ...

** ← (disambiguation)

Places

Arrow, Kentucky Arrow is an unincorporated community and defunct coal town in Pike County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper ...

Arrow, Warwickshire Arrow is a village in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. Together with the entirely rural hamlet of Weethley, it forms since 1 April 2004 the civil parish of Arrow with Weethley. The parish lies midway between Redditch and ...

, England *

Arrow River (New Zealand) The Arrow River is a short river in Otago, New Zealand. It is a tributary of the Kawarau River, which in turn feeds into the Clutha. The town of Arrowtown lies on the Arrow. A very small amount of gold was discovered by Jack Tewa in the Arrow Ri ...

River Arrow, Wales The River Arrow ( cy, Afon Arwy) is a river in the Welsh Marches, rising in Powys in Wales, then flowing into the English county of Herefordshire. It rises near Gwaunceste Hill, then flows south-east through Newchuch and Michaelchurch-on- ...

* River Arrow, Worcestershire, England

People

Arrow (musician) Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell MBE (16 November 1949 – 15 September 2010) was a Montserratian calypso and soca musician, regarded as the first superstar of soca from Montserrat.Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Bo ...

(1949–2010), calypso and soca musician * Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948), English entomologist * Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017), American economist, joint winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Economics

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Arrow (comics), a superhero character, first appearing in 1938 * The Arrow, a fictional location, the first Dharma Initiative station in the television series ''

Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

'' *Arrow, a character from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie.

Music

Groups and labels

* Arrows (Australian band), indie rock band established 2006 * Arrows (British band), 1970s Anglo-American glam rock-pop band *

Delphian Complex Arrows are a six-piece alternative rock band from Bedfordshire, England, descended from a cult dance/guitar band from Philadelphia, Delphian Complex. The band consists of Mark Drake (vocals), Joe Southin (keys/vocals), David Warner (guitars/ ...

, UK alternative band now known as Arrows *

The Arrow (band) The Arrow (previously known as Black Arrow) are a heavy metal band from Moscow, Russia. The band was founded in 1994 by Pavel Blischenko, the only member who has remained during the frequent line-up changes. The Arrow released a demo and three ...

, Russian heavy metal band *

The Arrows (Canadian band) The Arrows was a Canadian new wave band active during the 1980s (and not to be confused with the British band Arrows. Biography The Arrows were formed in 1981 by vocalist Dean McTaggart, the group's only consistent member. They recorded a sing ...

, a 1980s new wave band * The Arrows, a South African indie rock band * The Arrows, the backing group of guitarist

Davie Allan Davie Allan is an American guitarist best known for his work on soundtracks to various teen and biker movies in the 1960s. Allan's backing band is almost always the Arrows (i.e., Davie Allan & the Arrows), although the Arrows have never had a st ...

Albums

* ''Arrow'' (Heartless Bastards album), 2012 * ''Arrows'' (Stonegard album), 2006 * ''Arrows'' (The Lonely Forest album), 2011

Songs

* "Arrow" (Gackt song), 2015 * "Arrow", a song by Candlebox from their eponymous debut album '' Candlebox'' * "Arrows" (song), 2014 song by Fences featuring Macklemore and produced by Ryan Lewis * "Arrows", a song by Fireworks from their 2011 album '' Gospel''

Periodicals

* ''The Arrow'' (newspaper), an Australian newspaper published between 1896 and 1933 * ''The Arrow'', a British newsletter in the 1930s, edited in 1939 by Frederick Augustus Voigt

Radio

Arrow (radio format) Arrow is an American brand name radio format that plays classic rock from the 1970s through the 1990s. The format was popular in a number of markets in the 1990s and 2000s. The word "Arrow" is an extended acronym for "All Rock and Roll Oldies". Hi ...

, playing 1970s era classic rock * 90.7 Arrow Jazz FM, Dutch jazz radio station * ''94.5 The Arrow'', Florida radio station, see WARO * ''91.9 The Arrow'', New York radio station, see

WSHR WSHR (91.9 FM, "91.9 The Arrow") is a radio station licensed to Lake Ronkonkoma, New York. The station is owned by the Sachem School District and operates with assistance from a grant by the U.S. Department of Education. It broadcasts out of both ...

Arrow Classic Rock Arrow Classic Rock is a Dutch radio station, that plays classic rock and some modern rock. Arrow Classic Rock broadcasts on FM and is also receivable via cable, all nationwide. Owned by Ad Ossendrijver and Willem van Kooten, the station started br ...

, Dutch rock radio station *

Arrow FM (Hastings) More Radio Hastings, formerly Arrow FM, is an Independent Local Radio station serving Hastings, Bexhill, Battle and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Total Sense Media and broadcasts from studios in Worthing, as part of a network ...

, UK * The Arrow (radio), a former digital radio station in the United Kingdom

Television

* ''Arrow'' (TV series), a 2012 television series about the fictional comic book superhero, Green Arrow * ''Arrows'' (TV series), the Arrows pop band's 1976-7 weekly ITV TV series * ''The Arrow'' (miniseries), a 1996 Canadian television miniseries * "Arrow" (''Smallville''), an episode of the TV series ''Smallville''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Arrow Books Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Germ ...

, an imprint of Random House * '' War of the Arrows'', or ''Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon'', a 2011 South Korean film

Brands and enterprises

Arrow (liqueur) Arrow is the brandname of a product line of alcoholic beverages, the most popular of which are flavored liqueurs (ranked 3rd best-selling in America.) Created in the early 20th century, the product line includes flavored schnapps, sweet and sour "S ...

, a brand of alcoholic beverage * Arrow (motorcycle part manufacturer), Arrow Special Parts, an Italian motorcycle exhaust manufacturer * Arrow, a brand of shirts and collars made notable in the early 20th century in ads with

The Arrow Collar Man The Arrow Collar Man was the name given to the various male models who appeared in advertisements for shirts and detachable shirt collars manufactured by Cluett Peabody & Company of Troy, New York. The original campaign ran from 1905–31, tho ...

Arrow Air Arrow Air was a passenger and cargo airline based in Building 712 on the grounds of Miami International Airport (MIA) in an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida. At different times over the years, it operated over 90 weekly schedul ...

, airline *

Arrow Aircraft and Motors Arrow Aircraft and Motor Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Havelock, Nebraska in the 1920s and 1930s. It built a variety of light sporting aircraft. History The Arrow Aircraft Corporation founded on 27 March 1926 in Ha ...

, an American aircraft manufacturer of the 1920s and 1930s *

Arrow Aircraft Ltd. __NOTOC__ Arrow Aircraft (Leeds) Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s based in Leeds. Its most significant design was the Arrow Active The Arrow Active is a British aerobatic aircraft built in the 1930s. Design and devel ...

, a British aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s * Arrow Dynamics, an American roller coaster manufacturer, extant 1943–2002 * Arrow Electronics, an American electronics company founded in 1935 * Arrow Films, an independent UK film distributor *

Arrow Film Corporation Arrow Film Corporation was an American film production and distribution company during the silent era from 1915 to 1926. An independent company it operated alongside the established studios. Originally formed to supply films for Pathé Exchang ...

, a US silent film studio * Arrow SNC, an Italian aircraft engine manufacturer *

Arrow Supermarkets Arrow Supermarkets was an Australian supermarket chain, which operated until the early 1990s. Arrow was marketed as a discount supermarket and were often located in neighbourhood shopping centres also incorporating shops such as Target discoun ...

, an Australian supermarket chain, extant until the early 1990s

Computing

* Arrow (computer science), a more general interface to computation than monads * Arrows (Unicode block), a Unicode block containing line, curve, and semicircle symbols terminating in barbs or arrows

Physics

* Arrow of time, a physics concept *

ARROW waveguide In optics, an anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) is a waveguide that uses the principle of thin-film interference to guide light with low loss. It is formed from an anti-resonant Fabry–Pérot reflector. The optical mode is leaky, ...

, an anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide

Transportation

Aircraft

* Avro Arrow, a prototype Canadian supersonic fighter-interceptor cancelled in 1959 *

FreeX Arrow The FreeX Arrow is a German single-place, paraglider that was designed and produced by FreeX of Egling Egling is a municipality in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria ...

, a German paraglider design *

Dornier Do 335 The Dornier Do 335 ''Pfeil'' ("Arrow") was a heavy fighter built by Dornier for Germany during World War II. The two-seater trainer version was called ''Ameisenbär'' ("anteater"). The ''Pfeil''s performance was predicted to be better than other ...

, an experimental Nazi heavy fighter *

Piper PA-28 The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of two-seat or four-seat light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use.Plane and Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', pages 62–64. Werner & Werner Corp, ...

, "Arrow", a retractable gear variant of the Piper Aircraft PA-28 "Cherokee" * Spartan Arrow, a 1930s British biplane * Thorp Arrow, an American light aircraft design

Automobiles

Whitmore Arrow The Arrow was a cyclecar marketed as a light car manufactured in M.C. Whitmore Co, Dayton, Ohio, in 1914. The Arrow had a four-cylinder,1 ½ liter water-cooled engine, and sold for $395. References

;Notes ;Bibliography * Cyclecars Defun ...

, a 1914 cyclecar from Detroit, Michigan * Arrows Grand Prix International, a former Formula One racing team *

Rootes Arrow Rootes Arrow was the manufacturer's name for a range of cars produced under several badge-engineered marques by the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe) from 1966 to 1979. It is amongst the last Rootes designs, developed with no influence from fu ...

, a range of cars from the British Rootes Group from 1967 to 1976, commonest being the Hillman Hunter * Pierce-Arrow, an American automobile *

Plymouth Arrow Plymouth Arrow was the nameplate used for multiple captive imports made by Mitsubishi Motors and sold by the Chrysler Corporation under the Plymouth marque: * The Mitsubishi Celeste, a compact car also sold as the Plymouth Arrow from 1976 to 1980 * ...

, a Chrysler import, 1976–1980 *

Project Arrow The Project Arrow is an electric vehicle developed and produced by the Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Can ...

, a Canadian electric vehicle project

Missiles and rockets

* Arrow (Israeli missile), an Israeli anti-ballistic missile system * Arrow (Russian missile), an air-to-air missile * "Arrow" or Strela (rocket), Russian orbital launch rocket

Rail

Amtrak Arrow Reservation System Amtrak's Arrow Reservation System is used nationally in the United States by Amtrak employees to take reservations, check train status, and monitor Amtrak equipment throughout the of the Amtrak network. Arrow was created to make Amtrak's reservatio ...

, used by Amtrak employees for passenger train reservations *

Arrow (rail line) Arrow is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) line in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Opened on October 24, 2022, the line runs from the San Bernardino Transit Center in Downtown San Bernardino ...

, a hybrid rail line in San Bernardino County, California, United States * ''Arrow'' (MILW train), an American Midwestern route that ran until the mid-1960s * Arrow (railcar), a railroad car of the Pennsylvania Railroad *

IE 2600 Class The 2600 Class is a type of Diesel Multiple Unit operated on the Rail transport in Ireland, Irish railway network by Iarnród Éireann, used mainly for short-haul Commuter (Irish Rail), Commuter services. They sometimes operate Cork to Dublin ser ...

, also known as Arrow, a railcar of Irish Rail *

IE 2700 Class The 2700 and 2750 Classes (nicknamed "Sparrows" panish Arrows were two related types of diesel multiple unit operated by Iarnród Éireann. The 2700 Class units were 2-car sets; 25 cars were built by GEC Alsthom in 1997 and 1998, and began en ...

, also known as Arrows, a railroad car of Iarnród Éireann

Ships

* ''Arrow'' (barque), built in 1902 for the Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd. * ''Arrow'', a New Zealand company sailing ship, the first enter Nelson Harbour, New Zealand * ''Arrow'', a Chinese-owned lorcha, whose detainment triggered the

Second Opium War The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Sino War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted the British Empire and the French Emp ...

** The ''Arrow'' Incident, a diplomatic crisis in 1856 that led to the Arrow War, better known as the

* HMS ''Arrow'', seven ships of the British Royal Navy and one of the Royal Australian Navy * , a Seatruck Ferries ship

Mathematics

* Arrow, the lower limit topology on the real line * Arrow, representing a

morphism In mathematics, particularly in category theory, a morphism is a structure-preserving map from one mathematical structure to another one of the same type. The notion of morphism recurs in much of contemporary mathematics. In set theory, morphisms a ...

, linking objects in

category theory Category theory is a general theory of mathematical structures and their relations that was introduced by Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane in the middle of the 20th century in their foundational work on algebraic topology. Nowadays, cate ...

Other uses

Arrow information paradox The Arrow information paradox (information paradox for short, or AIP), and occasionally referred to as Arrow's disclosure paradox, named after Kenneth Arrow, American economist and joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hick ...

, on trading information * Arrow's impossibility theorem, on voting systems * The arrow paradox, one of Zeno's paradoxes * Arrow declaration, in UK patent litigation