End, END, Ending, or ENDS may refer to:

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Mathematics

End (category theory) In category theory, an end of a functor S:\mathbf^\times\mathbf\to \mathbf is a universal dinatural transformation from an object ''e'' of X to ''S''. More explicitly, this is a pair (e,\omega), where ''e'' is an object of X and \omega:e\ddot\to ...

End (topology) In topology, a branch of mathematics, the ends of a topological space are, roughly speaking, the connected components of the "ideal boundary" of the space. That is, each end represents a topologically distinct way to move to infinity within the s ...

End (graph theory) In the mathematics of infinite graphs, an end of an undirected graph represents, intuitively, a direction in which the graph extends to infinity. Ends may be formalized mathematically as equivalence classes of infinite path (graph theory), paths, as ...

* End (group theory) (a subcase of the previous) * End (endomorphism)

Sports and games

End (gridiron football) In gridiron football, an end is a player who lines up at either end of the line of scrimmage, usually beside the Tackle (American football), tackles. Rules state that a legal offensive formation must always consist of seven players on the line of ...

*End, a division of play in the sports of

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take t ...

target archery Target archery is the most popular form of archery, in which members shoot at stationary circular targets at varying distances. All types of bow – longbow, barebow, Recurve bow, recurve and Compound bow, compound – can be used. In Great Brita ...

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pétanque Pétanque (, ; ; ) is a sport that falls into the category of boules sports (along with Raffa (boules), raffa, bocce, boule lyonnaise, Bowls, lawn bowls, and Crown green bowls, crown green bowling). In these sports, players or teams play thei ...

* End (dominoes), one of the halves of the face of a domino

Entertainment

* End (band) an American hardcore punk supergroup *

End key The key is a key commonly found on desktop and laptop keyboards. The key has the opposite effect of the Home key. In some limited-size keyboards where the key is missing the same functionality can be reached via the key combination of or C ...

on a modern computer keyboard *

End Poem The end credits of the video game ''Minecraft'' include a written work by the Irish writer Julian Gough, conventionally called the End Poem, which is the only narrative text in the mostly unstructured sandbox game. ''Minecraft'' creator Markus ...

, a narrative written by

Julian Gough Julian Gough (born June 1966) is an Irish musician, novelist, and poet. Initially he was known as the singer and lyricist for the Galway band Toasted Heretic, he has since established a career as a satirist, novelist, commentator and writer of ...

for ''

Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Originally created by Markus Persson, Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java (programming language), Java programming language, the ...

'' * End Records, a record label *"End", a song by The Cure from ''

Wish A wish is a hope or desire for something. In fiction, wishes can be used as plot devices. In folklore, opportunities for "making a wish" or for wishes to "come true" or "be granted" are themes that are sometimes used. Sociology Several cu ...

'' * "Ends" (song) a 1998 song by Everlast, off the album ''Whitey Ford Sings the Blues'' * ''End'' (album), by Explosions in the Sky * "Ends" (''Spaced''), a television episode

Other uses

*End, in weaving, a single thread of the warp *''

Ends (short story collection) ''Ends'' is a collection of science fiction stories and poems by American writer Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Baen Books in 1988 and as a companion volume to Dickson's ''Beginnings''. The stories had originally appeared in the m ...

'' (1988 book) anthology of Gordon R. Dickson stories

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European Nuclear Disarmament European Nuclear Disarmament (END) was a Europe-wide movement for a "nuclear-free Europe from Poland to Portugal” that put on annual European Nuclear Disarmament conventions from 1982 to 1991. Origins The founding statement of END was the Eu ...

Endoglin Endoglin (ENG) is a type I membrane glycoprotein located on cell surfaces and is part of the TGF beta receptor complex. It is also commonly referred to as CD105, END, FLJ41744, HHT1, ORW and ORW1. It has a crucial role in angiogenesis, therefo ...

, a glycoprotein *

Equivalent narcotic depth Equivalent narcotic depth (END) (historically also equivalent nitrogen depth) is used in technical diving as a way of estimating the narcotic effect of a breathing gas mixture, such as nitrox, heliox or trimix. The method is used, for a given b ...

, a concept used in underwater diving * Environmental noise directive the Energy Never Dies

Ending

Ending (linguistics) In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the Stem (linguistics), stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns and adjectives, and verb endings, which form the Grammatical conjuga ...

, a linguistic morpheme *

Alternate ending An alternate ending (or alternative ending) is an ending of a story that was considered, or even written or produced, but ultimately discarded in favour of another resolution. Generally, alternative endings are considered to have no bearing on t ...

*End of a part of a

baseball game Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

Chess endgame The endgame (or ending) is the final stage of a chess game which occurs after the middlegame. It begins when few pieces are left on the board. The line between the middlegame and the endgame is often not clear, and may occur gradually or with ...

Ending credits Closing credits, aka end credits or end titles, are a list of the cast and crew of a particular motion picture, television show, or video game. While opening credits appear at the beginning of a work, closing credits appear close to or at the v ...

Post-credits scene A post-credits scene (also known as a stinger, end tag, or credit cookie) is a short teaser clip that appears after the closing credits have rolled and sometimes after a production logo of a film, TV show, or video game has run. It is usually ...

False ending A false ending is a device in film and music that can be used to trick the audience into thinking that the work has ended, before it continues. The presence of a false ending can be anticipated through a number of ways. The medium itself might bet ...

Happy ending A happy ending is an ending of the plot of a work of fiction in which there is a positive outcome for the protagonist or protagonists, and in which this is to be considered a favourable outcome. In storylines where the protagonists are in phy ...

Multiple endings A narrative typically ends in one set way, but certain kinds of narrative allow for multiple endings. Comics * '' The Death-Ray'' by Daniel Clowes * '' Cliff Hanger'' by Jack Edward Oliver Literature * The ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' serie ...

Twist ending A plot twist is a literary technique that introduces a radical change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot in a work of fiction. When it happens near the end of a story, it is known as a twist ending or surprise ending. It may change ...

*''Ending'', a 1974 novel by Hilma Wolitzer * ''Endings'' (film), a 2012 film * ''The Ending'' (Song), a song by Ellie Goulding off the 2012 album ''Halcyon'' *"Ending", a song by Jay Chou from the 2007 album ''

Secret Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controver ...

'' *'' This Ending'' (band) Swedish extreme metal band *A

repeat sign In music, a repeat sign is a Musical notation, sign that indicates a section should be repetition (music), repeated. If the piece has one repeat sign alone, then that means to repeat from the beginning, and then continue on (or stop, if the sign a ...

, in music theory * "Endings", a Series E episode of the television series ''QI'' (2007)

ENDS

* ENDS, electronic nicotine delivery system

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