Cast may refer to:
Music
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Cast (band)
Cast are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 1992 by John Power (vocals, guitar) and Peter Wilkinson (backing vocals, bass) after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split. Following early line-ups with dif ...
, an English alternative rock band
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Cast (Mexican band), a progressive Mexican rock band
* The Cast, a Scottish musical duo:
Mairi Campbell
Mairi Campbell (born 1965) is a Scottish folk singer and musician. Campbell's songs and music have a rooted and powerful quality that range from the everyday to the universal, both in sound and subject matter.
Campbell has been much praised for ...
and Dave Francis
* ''Cast'', a 2012 album by
Trespassers William
* ''Cast'', a 2018 album by
KAT-TUN
Science and technology
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Casting (metalworking)
In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape. The metal i ...
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Cast iron
Cast iron is a class of iron– carbon alloys with a carbon content more than 2%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively low melting temperature. The alloy constituents affect its color when fractured: white cast iron has carbide impu ...
, a group of iron-carbon alloys
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Cast (geology)
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
, a cavity formed by decomposition that once were covered by a casing material
* Cast, visible piles of mineral-rich organic matter excreted above ground by
earthworm
An earthworm is a terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida. They exhibit a tube-within-a-tube body plan; they are externally segmented with corresponding internal segmentation; and they usually have setae on all segments. ...
s
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Cast of the eye
Strabismus is a vision disorder in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object. The eye that is focused on an object can alternate. The condition may be present occasionally or constantly. If present during a ...
, a condition in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object
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Orthopedic cast
An orthopedic cast, or simply cast, is a shell, frequently made from plaster or fiberglass, that encases a limb (or, in some cases, large portions of the body) to stabilize and hold anatomical structures—most often a broken bone (or bones), i ...
, a protective shell to hold a limb in place, for example to help in healing broken bones
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Cast (computer science)
In computer science, type conversion, type casting, type coercion, and type juggling are different ways of changing an expression from one data type to another. An example would be the conversion of an integer value into a floating point value ...
, to change the interpretation of a bit pattern from one data type to another in computer programming
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Urinary cast, tubules found in urine
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Google Cast, a protocol built into the Google Chromecast and other embedded technologies
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Game cast of a video game
Sports
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Cast (archery), the distance a bow can shoot its arrow
* Cast, in
falconry, to fly two or more falconry birds together
* Cast, in
fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques ...
, to cast a line refers to the act of throwing bait or a lure using a fishing line out over the water using a flexible fishing rod
Other uses
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Cast member, one of the performers in a play, movie, or other performing art form
* Cast, the casting of a
magic spell
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Plaster cast
A plaster cast is a copy made in plaster of another 3-dimensional form. The original from which the cast is taken may be a sculpture, building, a face, a pregnant belly, a fossil or other remains such as fresh or fossilised footprints – ...
, a copy made in plaster of another three-dimensional form, such as a sculpture
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Cast, Finistère, a commune of the Finistère ''département'', France
* Cast, a theatre venue in
Doncaster
Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated i ...
, UK
People with the name
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Kristin Cast (born 1986), coauthor of the ''House of Night'' series with her mother P.C. Cast
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P. C. Cast (born 1960), American romance/fantasy coauthor of the ''House of Night'' series with her daughter Kristin Cast
See also
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CAST (disambiguation)
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Caste (disambiguation)
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Casting (disambiguation)
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The die is cast
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
(Latin: ''Alea iacta est'')
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"The Die Is Cast" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), an episode of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
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