Clamp may refer to:

Tools and devices

Brick clamp :''"Brick clamp" also refers to a device (usually powered) to lift quantities of bricks.'' A brick clamp is a traditional method of baking bricks, done by stacking unbaked bricks with fuel under or among them, then igniting the fuel. The clamp i ...

, an early method of baking bricks *

Clamp (tool) A clamp is a 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 for tempor ...

, a device or tool used to hold objects in a fixed relative position (many types listed) **

C-clamp A C-clamp or G-clamp or G-cramp is a type of clamp device typically used to hold a wood or metal workpiece, and often used in, but are not limited to, carpentry and welding. Often believed that these clamps are called "C" clamps because of the ...

** C-clamp (stagecraft) ** Riser clamp, a device used to support vertical piping *

Nipple clamp A nipple clamp is a type of sex toy that is applied to a person's nipples to pinch them. Varieties of nipple clamp include clothes-pin-style, tweezer and clover. Nipple clamps are used to cause pain in the nipples as part of certain BDS ...

, a sex toy *

Storage clamp A clamp is a compact heap, mound or pile of materials. A storage clamp is used in the agricultural industry for temporary storage of root crops such as potato, turnip, rutabaga, mangelwurzel, and sugar beet. A clamp is formed by excavating a s ...

, an agricultural root crop storage *

Wheel clamp A wheel clamp, also known as wheel boot, parking boot, or Denver boot, is a device that is designed to prevent motor vehicles from being moved. In its most common form, it consists of a clamp that surrounds a vehicle wheel, designed to preven ...

, a device used with road vehicles to prevent theft or enforce parking restrictions

Biology and medicine

* CLAMP (Climate leaf analysis multivariate program), a method for characterizing past climates * Clamp (zoology), an attachment structure found in some parasitic flatworms *

Clamp connection A clamp connection is a hook-like structure formed by growing hyphal cells of certain fungi. It is a characteristic feature of Basidiomycetes fungi. It is created to ensure that each cell, or segment of hypha separated by septa (cross walls), rece ...

, a structure formed by hyphal cells of certain fungi * DNA clamp, a ring-like structure associated with DNA replication and other phenomena * Glucose clamp technique, a method for quantifying insulin secretion and resistance *

Patch clamp The patch clamp technique is a laboratory technique in electrophysiology used to study ionic currents in individual isolated living cells, tissue sections, or patches of cell membrane. The technique is especially useful in the study of excitabl ...

, a technique used to hold a natural cell membrane or artificial lipid bilayer

Electronics and software

* Clamping (graphics), the process of limiting a position to an area * Clamper (electronics), an electrical circuit that limits one extreme of a signal by offsetting the signal * Clipper (electronics), an electrical circuit that limits one extreme of a signal by holding the signal back *

Current clamp In electrical and electronic engineering, a current clamp, also known as current probe, is an electrical device with jaws which open to allow clamping around an electrical conductor. This allows measurement of the current in a conductor without t ...

, a device for measuring electric current *

Voltage clamp The voltage clamp is an experimental method used by electrophysiologists to measure the ion currents through the membranes of excitable cells, such as neurons, while holding the membrane voltage at a set level. A basic voltage clamp will itera ...

, a technique and device used to measure ion transport across cells * Wire clamp, hardware that secures wire or cable, or a clamp made of wire * Wire clamp connector, a solderless electrical connector using screws or crimping

Fictional characters

* Clamp, a character in the television show ''Galactik Football'' * Clamps, a member of the Robot Mafia in ''Futurama''

Other uses

* CLAMP, an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid-1980s *

Clamp (surname) Clamp is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur Clamp (1884–1918), English footballer *Eddie Clamp (1934–1995), English footballer * Paula Clamp (born 1967), novelist, playwright and Visiting Lecturer at the University of ...

, a surname * (90+) * (includes redirects) {{Disambiguation