Clamp may refer to:
Tools and devices
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Brick clamp, an early method of baking bricks
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Clamp (tool)
A clamp is a fastener, fastening device used to hold or secure objects tightly together to prevent movement or separation through the application of inward pressure. In the United Kingdom the term cramp is often used instead when the tool is fo ...
, a device or tool used to hold objects in a fixed relative position (many types listed)
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C-clamp
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C-clamp (stagecraft)
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Riser clamp, a device used to support vertical piping
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Hose clamp, a device to secure a hose to a fitting
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Nipple clamp, a sex toy
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Storage clamp, an agricultural root crop storage
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Wheel clamp, a device used with road vehicles to prevent theft or enforce parking restrictions
Biology and medicine
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CLAMP (Climate leaf analysis multivariate program), a method for characterizing past climates
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Clamp (zoology), an attachment structure found in some parasitic flatworms
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Clamp connection, a structure formed by hyphal cells of certain fungi
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DNA clamp, a ring-like structure associated with DNA replication and other phenomena
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Glucose clamp technique, a method for quantifying insulin secretion and resistance
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Patch clamp
The patch clamp technique is a laboratory technique in electrophysiology used to study ionic currents in individual Cell isolation, isolated living cells, tissue sections, or patches of cell membrane. The technique is especially useful in the st ...
, a technique used to hold a natural cell membrane or artificial lipid bilayer
Electronics and software
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Clamp (function), the process of limiting a value to a particular range
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Clamper (electronics), an electrical circuit that limits one extreme of a signal by offsetting the signal
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Clipper (electronics), an electrical circuit that limits one extreme of a signal by holding the signal back
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Current clamp, a device for measuring electric current
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Voltage clamp, a technique and device used to measure ion transport across cells
Fictional characters
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Clamp, a character in the television show ''Galactik Football''
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Clamps
Clamp may refer to:
Tools and devices
*Brick clamp, an early method of baking bricks
*Clamp (tool), a device or tool used to hold objects in a fixed relative position (many types listed)
**C-clamp
**C-clamp (stagecraft)
**Riser clamp, a device u ...
, a member of the Robot Mafia in ''Futurama''
Other uses
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CLAMP, an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid-1980s
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Clamp (surname), a surname
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