Fitting can refer to: ** A

dress fitting A dressmaker, also known as a seamstress, is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Dressmakers were historically known as mantua-makers, and are also known as a modiste or fabrician. Notab ...

. *** A fitting model, the

model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure. Models c ...

, trying on the clothes. ** Any machine component,

piping Within industry, piping is a system of pipes used to convey fluids (liquids and gases) from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the efficient transport of fluid. Industrial process piping (and accomp ...

, or tubing part that can attach or connect two or more prominent parts. For example, see

coupling A coupling is a device used to connect two shafts together at their ends for the purpose of transmitting power. The primary purpose of couplings is to join two pieces of rotating equipment while permitting some degree of misalignment or end mov ...

compression fitting A compression fitting is a fitting used in plumbing and electrical conduit systems to join two tubes or thin-walled pipes together. In instances where two pipes made of dissimilar materials are to be joined (most commonly PVC and copper), the ...

, piping, and plumbing fittings. ** A furniture fitting is any furniture component having practical use. ** The process of applying

regression analysis In statistical modeling, regression analysis is a set of statistical processes for estimating the relationships between a dependent variable (often called the 'outcome' or 'response' variable, or a 'label' in machine learning parlance) and one ...

to data. This method is sometimes called ''line-fitting'' or

curve fitting Curve fitting is the process of constructing a curve, or mathematical function, that has the best fit to a series of data points, possibly subject to constraints. Curve fitting can involve either interpolation, where an exact fit to the data i ...

, depending on the result. ** The process of cutting and shaping parts on a custom, craft-production basis to cause them to fit together into an assembly with the proper

engineering fit Engineering fits are generally used as part of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing when a part or assembly is designed. In engineering terms, the "fit" is the clearance between two mating parts, and the size of this clearance determines whethe ...

** Preprocessing of data for data mining or another

parsing Parsing, syntax analysis, or syntactic analysis is the process of analyzing a string of symbols, either in natural language, computer languages or data structures, conforming to the rules of a formal grammar. The term ''parsing'' comes from Lati ...

. ** Mathematical concepts named after Hans Fitting include

Fitting subgroup In mathematics, especially in the area of algebra known as group theory, the Fitting subgroup ''F'' of a finite group ''G'', named after Hans Fitting, is the unique largest normal nilpotent subgroup of ''G''. Intuitively, it represents the small ...

, Fitting length, Fitting lemma,

Fitting ideal In commutative algebra, the Fitting ideals of a finitely generated module over a commutative ring describe the obstructions to generating the module by a given number of elements. They were introduced by . Definition If ''M'' is a finitely generat ...

, and

Fitting's theorem Fitting's theorem is a mathematical theorem proved by Hans Fitting. It can be stated as follows: :If ''M'' and ''N'' are nilpotent normal subgroups of a group ''G'', then their product ''MN'' is also a nilpotent normal subgroup of ''G''; if, mor ...

. **

Light socket A lightbulb socket, lightbulb holder, light socket, lamp socket or lamp holder is a device which mechanically supports and provides electrical connections for a compatible electric lamp base. Sockets allow lamps to be safely and conveniently re ...

or lamp fitting. * An element of a

tantrum A tantrum, temper tantrum, lash out, meltdown, fit or hissy fit is an emotional outburst, usually associated with those in emotional distress, that is typically characterized by stubbornness, crying, screaming, violence, defiance, angry ranti ...

seizure An epileptic seizure, informally known as a seizure, is a period of symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Outward effects vary from uncontrolled shaking movements involving much of the body with l ...

or any other sudden occurrence of a symptom or unusual behaviour

Persons with the surname Fitting

* Andrea Fitting, founder and CEO of Fitting Group * Édouard Fitting (1898–1945), a Swiss fencer * Emma Fitting (1900–1986), a Swiss fencer * Frédéric Fitting (1902–1998), a Swiss fencer * Hans Fitting (1906–1938), a German mathematician * Willy Fitting (1925–2017), a Swiss fencer

Persons with the surname Fitting

See also