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Lewis (given name) Lewis () is a masculine English-language given name. It was coined as an anglicisation of given names in other languages. "Lewis" has been used to anglicise the Irish name "'", the German name "", and the French name "" (the last two originally ...
, including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname


Music

* Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead from ''My Iron Lung''


Places

* Lewis (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon *
Isle of Lewis The Isle of Lewis ( gd, Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis ( gd, Leòdhas, ) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as ...
, the northern part of Lewis and Harris, Western Isles, Scotland


United States

* Lewis, Colorado * Lewis, Indiana *
Lewis, Iowa Lewis is a city in Cass County, Iowa, United States, along the East Nishnabotna River. The population was 357 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography Lewis is located at (41.305277, -95.084514). According to the United States Census Bureau, ...
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Lewis, Kansas Lewis is a city in Edwards County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 400. History Lewis was founded about 1885. It was named for journalist M.M. Lewis. The first post office in Lewis was established ...
* Lewis Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts * Lewis, Missouri * Lewis, Essex County, New York * Lewis, Lewis County, New York * Lewis, North Carolina * Lewis, Vermont * Lewis, Wisconsin


Ships

* USS ''Lewis'' (1861), a sailing ship * USS ''Lewis'' (DE-535), a destroyer escort in commission from 1944 to 1946


Science

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Lewis structure Lewis structures, also known as Lewis dot formulas, Lewis dot structures, electron dot structures, or Lewis electron dot structures (LEDS), are diagrams that show the bonding between atoms of a molecule, as well as the lone pairs of electrons tha ...
, a diagram of a molecule that shows the bonding between the atoms *
Lewis acids and bases A Lewis acid (named for the American physical chemist Gilbert N. Lewis) is a chemical species that contains an empty orbital which is capable of accepting an electron pair from a Lewis base to form a Lewis adduct. A Lewis base, then, is any s ...
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Lewis antigen system The Lewis antigen system is a human blood group system. It is based upon two genes on chromosome 19: FUT3, or Lewis gene; and FUT2, or Secretor gene. Both genes are expressed in glandular epithelia. FUT2 has a dominant allele which codes for an ...
, a human blood group system *
Lewis number The Lewis number (Le) is a dimensionless number defined as the ratio of thermal diffusivity to mass diffusivity. It is used to characterize fluid flows where there is simultaneous heat and mass transfer. The Lewis number puts the thickness of the t ...
, a dimensionless number in fluid dynamics and transport phenomena *
Lewis rat A laboratory rat or lab rat is a brown rat of the subspecies '' Rattus norvegicus domestica'' which is bred and kept for scientific research. While less commonly used for research than mice (see laboratory mouse), rats have served as an importa ...
, an inbred strain of laboratory rat


Television

* ''Lewis'' (TV series), a British television detective series * Lewis (''The Simpsons''), a character in ''The Simpsons''


Other uses

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Lewis (cat) Lewis is the name of a cat from Fairfield, Connecticut, who garnered mass media attention for being placed under house arrest in March 2006. At the time of his arrest Lewis was five years old, placing his birthdate between the years 2000 and 200 ...
, a cat that was placed under house arrest *
Lewis (lifting appliance) Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radioh ...
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Lewis (robot) {{Other uses, Lewis (disambiguation) Lewis (named after Meriwether Lewis) is an autonomous robot that performs the job of a wedding photographer: it attends social events, moves around, and takes digital photographs of people. It is a research pr ...
, a robotic wedding photographer *
Lewis (satellite) Lewis was an American satellite which was to have been operated by NASA as part of the Small Satellite Technology Initiative. It carried two experimental Earth imaging instruments, and an ultraviolet astronomy payload. Due to a design flaw it ...
, a failed NASA satellite mission *
HP Lewis The Saturn family of 4-bit (datapath) microprocessors was developed by Hewlett-Packard in the 1980s first for the HP-71B handheld computer and then later for various HP calculators (starting with the HP-18C). It succeeded the ''Nut'' family ...
, a CPU in certain Hewlett-Packard programmable calculators *
Lewis's Lewis's was a chain of British department stores that operated from 1856 to 2010. The owners of Lewis's have gone into administration many times over the years, including 1991. The first store, which opened in Liverpool city centre, becam ...
, a chain of department stores in England and Scotland (1856-1990s), originating in Liverpool *
Lewis & Co Lewis and Company was a firm of organ builders founded by Thomas Christopher Lewis (1833–1915), one of the leading organ builders of late 19th Century Britain. Born in London in 1833, the son of Thomas Archdeacon Lewis (1780–1862), a secre ...
, a firm of organ builders in Brixton, London from 1860 to 1919 *
Lewis University Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university in Romeoville, Illinois, United States. The enrollment is currently around 6,800 students. Lewis offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, 22 graduate pr ...
, a private school in Romeoville, Illinois


See also

* Fort Lewis, Washington *
John Lewis & Partners John Lewis & Partners (formerly and commonly known as John Lewis) is a brand of high-end department stores operating throughout United Kingdom, the UK, with concessions also located in the Republic of Ireland and Australia. The brand sells gene ...
, a department store in Great Britain *
John Lewis Partnership The John Lewis Partnership plc (JLP) is a British company which operates John Lewis & Partners department stores, Waitrose & Partners supermarkets, its banking and financial services, and other retail-related activities. The privately held comp ...
, an employee-owned UK company which operates John Lewis and Waitrose * Justice Lewis (disambiguation) * Lewes (disambiguation) * ''Lewis and Clark''-class dry cargo ship, a class of vessels *
Lewis and Harris Lewis and Harris ( gd, Leòdhas agus na Hearadh, sco, Lewis an Harris), or Lewis with Harris, is a single Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides, divided by mountains. It is the largest island in Scotland and the list of islands in the British ...
, the largest island in Scotland * Lewis Bridge (disambiguation) *
Lewis chessmen The Lewis chessmen ( no, Lewisbrikkene; gd, Fir-Tàilisg; sco, Lewis chesmen) or Uig chessmen, named after the island or the bay where they were found, are a group of distinctive 12th-century chess pieces, along with other game pieces, most of ...
, medieval chess pieces discovered on the Isle of Lewis * Lewis County (disambiguation) * Lewis gun, a machine gun * Lewis Island (disambiguation) * Lewis River (disambiguation) * Lewis Township (disambiguation) * Lewis Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) * Lewisburg (disambiguation) *
Lewisite Lewisite (L) (A-243) is an organoarsenic compound. It was once manufactured in the U.S., Japan, Germany and the Soviet Union for use as a chemical weapon, acting as a vesicant (blister agent) and lung irritant. Although the substance is colorless ...
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Lewiston (disambiguation) Lewiston may refer to: Places United States * Lewiston, Alabama * Lewiston, California * Lewiston, Georgia *Lewiston, Idaho ** Lewiston, Idaho metropolitan area * Lewiston, Indiana *Lewiston, Maine ** Lewiston, Maine metropolitan area *Lewiston, ...
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Lewistown (disambiguation) Lewistown is the name of several places in the United States of America: *Lewiston, Idaho *Lewistown, Illinois *Lewistown, Kentucky *Lewiston, Maine, originally called Lewistown *Lewistown, Frederick County, Maryland *Lewistown, Talbot County, Maryl ...
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Lewisville (disambiguation) Lewisville may refer to the following places: Canada * Lewisville, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of the cities of Moncton and Dieppe United States *Lewisville, Arkansas * Lewisville, Idaho * Lewisville, Indiana * Lewisville, Minnesota ...
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Louis (disambiguation) Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ...
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Louise (disambiguation) Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...
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Luas Luas (pronounced ; Irish for "speed") is a tram/ light rail system in Dublin, Ireland. There are two main lines: the Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line which opened on 26 September 2004. Since then, both li ...
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Luis (disambiguation) Luis is a male given name. It can also refer to: * Luis (letter), the second letter of the Ogham alphabet * ''Luis'' (TV series), a short-lived television sitcom starring Luis Guzmán * Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, main airport in ...
* SS ''Lewis Hamilton'', former name of the ''Indus'' * USNS ''Lewis and Clark'' (T-AKE-1), a United States Navy dry cargo ship * USS ''Lewis and Clark'' (SSBN-644), a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine * USS ''Milton Lewis'' (DE-772), a United States Navy destroyer escort {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis (Disambiguation)