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) An arrow is a graphical symbol, such as ←, ↑ or →, or a pictogram, used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, an arrow is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in mor ...

↑ (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 mathematical symbol for " approaching from below" * ↑, a notation of Knuth's ...

→ (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, 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 an ...

, England *

Arrow River (New Zealand) The Arrow River (Māori: ''Haehaenui'') is a short river in Otago, New Zealand. It is a tributary of the Kawarau River, which in turn feeds into the Clutha River. The historic gold mining town of Arrowtown lies on the banks of the Arrow River. ...

River Arrow, Wales The River Arrow () 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-Arrow. It for ...

River Arrow, Worcestershire The River Arrow is a tributary of the River Avon and flows through Worcestershire and Warwickshire in the English Midlands. Course The Arrow rises on Beacon Hill in the Lickey Hills Country Park in the Lickey Hills in the north of Worce ...

, England

People

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

(1949–2010), calypso and soca musician *

Arrows Fitz Arrows Fitz (born Arielle Scott; 1989), commonly known as Ari Fitz, is an American model, vlogger, television personality, and film producer. He is best known for his YouTube channel Tomboyish, in which he explores topics related to being an andr ...

(born 1989), American model, vlogger, television personality, and film producer *

Gilbert John Arrow Gilbert John Arrow (20 December 1873 London - 5 October 1948) was an English entomologist. Gilbert was the son of John Garner Arrow of Streatham, London. He initially trained as an architect but took an interest in insects from 1896 during which ...

(1873–1948), English entomologist *

Kenneth Arrow Kenneth Joseph Arrow (August 23, 1921 – February 21, 2017) was an American economist, mathematician and political theorist. He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 1957, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972, along with ...

(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 The Dharma Initiative, also written DHARMA (Department of Heuristics and Research on Material Applications), is a fictional research project and organization featured in the television series ''Lost (2004 TV series), Lost''. It was introduced in ...

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) The Arrows were a band based in London, England. The group, which formed in 1974 and disbanded in 1977, included American singer/bassist Alan Merrill, American guitarist Jake Hooker (musician), Jake Hooker and English drummer Paul Varley (who ...

, 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/voc ...

, 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 si ...

, a 1980s new wave band * The Arrows, a South African

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...

band * The Arrows, the backing group of guitarist

Davie Allan Davie Allan is an American musician, 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 ...

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 Candlebox is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. Since its formation in 1990, the group has released eight studio albums, several charting singles, a compilation, and a CD+DVD. Candlebox found immediate success with the release ...

'' * "Arrows" (song), 2014 song by Fences featuring Macklemore and produced by Ryan Lewis * "Arrows", a song by Fireworks from their 2011 album ''

Gospel Gospel originally meant the Christianity, Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the second century Anno domino, AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message w ...

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 Frederick Augustus Voigt (9 May 1892 – 8 January 1957) was a British journalist and author of German descent, most famous for his work with the ''Manchester Guardian'' and his opposition to dictatorship and totalitarianism on the European conti ...

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 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 b ...

, 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) The Arrow was a British digital radio station playing classic and contemporary rock music. It broadcast on DAB Digital Radio (in London) and was also streamed over digital satellite TV and online. The station was operated by Global; prior to G ...

, 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 ''The Arrow Show'' is an American television variety series that was broadcast on NBC November 24, 1948 - May 19, 1949. It was also known as ''The Phil Silvers Arrow Show'' and ''Arrow Comedy Theatre''. The sponsor was Arrow Shirts. Overview P ...

'', 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 Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the follow ...

, an imprint of Random House * ''

War of the Arrows ''War of the Arrows'' (), alternately titled ''Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon'', is a 2011 South Korean historical action film starring Park Hae-il, Ryu Seung-ryong, and Moon Chae-won. Set after the Qing invasion of Joseon, the film is about an a ...

'', 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 is an Italian motorcycle exhaust system manufacturer founded in 1985. History Arrow was founded in 1985 in Italy by Giorgio Giannelli to make high performance exhaust systems. The company's first association with motorsports ...

, 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 collar, detachable shirt collars manufactured by Cluett Peabody & Company of Troy, New York. The original campaign ran fr ...

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

, 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 Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of L ...

, a British aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s *

Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was an American manufacturing and engineering company that specialized in designing and building amusement park rides, especially roller coasters. Based in Clearfield, Utah, the company was the successor to Arrow Development (19 ...

, an American roller coaster manufacturer, extant 1943–2002 *

Arrow Electronics Arrow Electronics, Inc. is an American company headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. A global provider of electronic components and enterprise computing products, the company specializes in distribution and value-added services for original e ...

, an American electronics company founded in 1935 *

Arrow Films Arrow Films is a British independent film distributor and restorer specialising in world cinema, arthouse, horror and classic films. As Arrow Video, it sells Ultra HD Blu-rays, Blu-rays and DVDs online; it also operates its own subscript ...

, an independent British film distributor *

Arrow Film Corporation Arrow Film Corporation was an American film production and film distribution, distribution company during the silent era from 1915 to 1926. An independent film, independent company it operated alongside the established studios. Originally forme ...

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

Computing

Arrow (computer science) In computer science, arrows or bolts are a type class used in programming to describe computations in a pure and declarative fashion. First proposed by computer scientist John Hughes as a generalization of monads, arrows provide a referential ...

, a more general interface to computation than monads *

Arrows (Unicode block) An arrow is a projectile launched from a bow. Arrow or Arrows may also refer to: Symbols * Arrow (symbol) ** ↑ (disambiguation) ** → (disambiguation) ** ↓ (disambiguation) ** ← (disambiguation) Places * Arrow, Kentucky * Arr ...

, 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 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 ca ...

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

Transportation

Aircraft

Avro Arrow The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a Delta wing, delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach number, Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding and was intended to serve as the Royal ...

, 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 in the mid-2000s. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 18. ...

, a German paraglider design *

Dornier Do 335 The Dornier Do 335 ''Pfeil'' (Arrow) is a heavy fighter built by Dornier for Germany during World War II. The ''Pfeil''s performance was predicted to be better than other twin-engine designs due to its unusual push-pull configuration and the l ...

, 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 The Spartan Arrow is a British two-seat biplane aircraft of the early 1930s, built by Spartan Aircraft Limited. History Built as a successor to the company's first design the Simmonds Spartan, the Arrow was a two-seat biplane with a spruce ...

, a 1930s British biplane * Thorp Arrow, an American light aircraft design

Automobiles

* Whitmore Arrow, a 1914 cyclecar from Detroit, Michigan *

Arrows Grand Prix International Arrows Grand Prix International was a British Formula One team active from to . It was known as Footwork from 1991 to 1996. Origins The Arrows Grand Prix International team was founded in Milton Keynes, England in November 1977, by Italian ...

, a former Formula One racing team *

Rootes Arrow Rootes Arrow was the manufacturer's name for a range of automobile, cars produced under several badge engineering, badge-engineered marques by the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe) from 1966 to 1979 in Europe, and continuing on until 2005 in I ...

, a range of cars from the British Rootes Group from 1967 to 1976, commonest being the Hillman Hunter *

Pierce-Arrow The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company was an American Automotive industry, motor vehicle manufacturer based in Buffalo, New York, active from 1901 to 1938. Although best known for its expensive Luxury vehicle, luxury cars, Pierce-Arrow also manuf ...

, 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) The Arrow or ''Hetz'' (, or ) is a family of anti-ballistic missiles designed to fulfill an Israeli requirement for a missile defense system that would be more effective against ballistic missiles than the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missil ...

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

Strela (rocket) Strela (, ''arrow'') is a Russian orbital carrier rocket, derived from the Soviet/Russian UR-100NU missile. It conducted its maiden test launch on 5 December 2003, carried its first functional payload on 27 June 2013, and a second one on 19 Dece ...

, Russian orbital launch rocket

Rail

* Amtrak Arrow Reservation System, used by Amtrak employees for passenger train reservations *

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

, 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) The Jersey Arrow is a type of electric multiple unit (EMU) railcar developed for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and used through successive commuter operators in New Jersey, through to NJ Transit. Three models were built, but only the third model i ...

, 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 Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or ''Arrow'' War, was fought between the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the United States against the Qing dynasty of China between 1856 and 1860. It was the second major ...

** 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 In mathematics, the lower limit topology or right half-open interval topology is a topology defined on \mathbb, the set of real numbers; it is different from the standard topology on \mathbb (generated by the open intervals) and has a number of in ...

on the real line * Arrow, representing a

morphism In mathematics, a morphism is a concept of category theory that generalizes structure-preserving maps such as homomorphism between algebraic structures, functions from a set to another set, and continuous functions between topological spaces. Al ...

, linking objects in

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

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 Hic ...

, on trading information *

Arrow's impossibility theorem Arrow's impossibility theorem is a key result in social choice theory showing that no ranked-choice procedure for group decision-making can satisfy the requirements of rational choice. Specifically, Arrow showed no such rule can satisfy the ind ...

, on voting systems * The arrow paradox, one of

Zeno's paradoxes Zeno's paradoxes are a series of philosophical arguments presented by the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC), primarily known through the works of Plato, Aristotle, and later commentators like Simplicius of Cilicia. Zeno de ...

Arrow declaration In UK patent litigation, an Arrow declaration is a declaration or order sought, for reasons of legal certainty, from a court that a product (or process) to be launched was old (i.e., not novel) or obvious in patent law terms at a particular date, ...

, in UK patent litigation *

Dan Henry Arrows Dan Henry (1913-2012) is the inventor of directional pavement markings commonly used to guide participants along the route of organized bicycling events. The markers themselves are usually called Dan Henry Arrows. Originally, the markings consis ...

, another name for unique directional arrows for cycling routes