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

Symbols

* Arrow (symbol) ** ↑ (disambiguation) ** → (disambiguation) ** ↓ (disambiguation) ** ← (disambiguation)

Places

* Arrow, Kentucky * Arrow, Warwickshire, England * Arrow River (New Zealand) * River Arrow, Wales * River Arrow, Worcestershire, England

People

* Arrow (musician) (1949–2010), calypso and soca musician * Arrows Fitz (born 1989), American model, vlogger, television personality, and film producer * 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'' *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, UK alternative band now known as Arrows * The Arrow (band), Russian heavy metal band * The Arrows (Canadian band), a 1980s new wave band * The Arrows, a South African

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band * The Arrows, the backing group of guitarist Davie Allan

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 ''

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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), 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 * Arrow Classic Rock, Dutch rock radio station * Arrow FM (Hastings), 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 1976-77 weekly ITV TV series * '' The Arrow Show'', a 1948–49 American variety show * ''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, an imprint of Random House * ''

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'', or ''Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon'', a 2011 South Korean film

Brands and enterprises

* Arrow (liqueur), 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 * Arrow Air, airline * Arrow Aircraft and Motors, an American aircraft manufacturer of the 1920s and 1930s * Arrow Aircraft Ltd., 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 British film distributor * Arrow Film Corporation, an American silent film studio * Arrow SNC, an Italian aircraft engine manufacturer

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 * Apache Arrow, a framework for data analytics applications

Physics

* Arrow of time, a physics concept * ARROW waveguide, an anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide

Transportation

Aircraft

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, a prototype Canadian supersonic fighter-interceptor cancelled in 1959 * FreeX Arrow, a German paraglider design * Dornier Do 335, an experimental Nazi heavy fighter * Piper PA-28, "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, a 1914 cyclecar from Detroit, Michigan * Arrows Grand Prix International, a former Formula One racing team * Rootes Arrow, 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, a Chrysler import, 1976–1980 * Project Arrow, a Canadian electric vehicle project * Apollo Arrow, a German sports car concept

Missiles and rockets

* Arrow (missile family), 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, used by Amtrak employees for passenger train reservations * Arrow (rail service), a commuter rail service in San Bernardino County, California, United States * ''Arrow'' (Milwaukee Road train), an American Midwestern route that ran until the mid-1960s * Arrow (railcar), a railroad car of the Pennsylvania Railroad * IE 2600 Class, also known as Arrow, a railcar of Irish Rail * IE 2700 Class, 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 ''Arrow'' Incident, a diplomatic crisis in 1856 that led to the Arrow War, better known as the Second Opium War * HMS ''Arrow'', seven ships of the British Royal Navy and one of the Royal Australian Navy * , a Seatruck Ferries ship

Mathematics

* Arrow, the

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on the real line * Arrow, representing a

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, linking objects in

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Other uses

* Arrow information paradox, on trading information * Arrow's impossibility theorem, on voting systems * The arrow paradox, one of Zeno's paradoxes * Arrow declaration, in UK patent litigation * Dan Henry Arrows, another name for unique directional arrows for cycling routes