Shifter may refer to:
Technology
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Gear stick
A gear stick (rarely spelled ''gearstick''), gear lever (both UK English), gearshift or shifter (both U.S. English), more formally known as a transmission lever, is a metal lever attached to the transmission of an automobile. The term ''gear s ...
, known in US English as "shifter", the lever of a manual or automatic automobile or truck transmission
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Shifter (bicycle part)
A bicycle shifter or gear control or gear levers is a component used to control the Bicycle gearing, gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio. Typically, they operate either a Derailleur gears, derailleur mechanism or an internal hub ...
, or gear lever, a bicycle part that selects which gear the chain rests on
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Shifter (tool)
An adjustable spanner (UK and most other Anglophone countries), also called a shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand) or adjustable wrench (US and Canada), is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be ...
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adjustable wrench
''Adjustable Wrench'', sometimes also ''The Adjustable Wrench'', is a composition for mixed chamber ensemble by American composer Michael Torke. It was composed in 1987.
Composition
The composition was composed in 1987 and had its first perfo ...
/spanner
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switcher locomotive
A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), station pilot (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distanc ...
in the terminology of the Pennsylvania Railroad
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Barrel shifter
A barrel shifter is a digital circuit that can bit shift, shift a word (data type), data word by a specified number of bits without the use of any sequential logic, only pure combinational logic, i.e. it inherently provides a binary operation. I ...
, part of a computer processor that performs bit shifts
Fiction
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shapeshifting
In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means. The idea of shapeshifting is found in the oldest forms of totemism and shamanism, as well as the oldest existen ...
character in science fiction, fantasy fiction, and role-playing games
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Shifter (''Justice League Unlimited''), a former superhero featured in the animated television series
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Shifter (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a prestige class in the role-playing game
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Shifter (Eberron)
Eberron is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') role-playing game. The game is set primarily on the continent of Khorvaire following a vast destructive war. Eberron is designed to accommodate traditional ''D&D'' elements an ...
, a race in the Eberron campaign setting of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game
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Jenny Everywhere
Jenny Everywhere, also known as "The Shifter", is an open-source, freely licensed character, created by Canadian comic book artist Steven Wintle. The character was co-developed by members of the Barbelith online community.
Jenny Everywhere was ...
, aka The Shifter, open source webcomic character
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Shiphtur
Danny Le, better known as Shiphtur (pronounced "''shifter''"), is a Canadian former professional ''League of Legends'' player. Shiphtur was the first esports player to be granted a P-1 athletic visa from the United States Department of State. ...
, pseudonym of Danny Le, Canadian ''League of Legends'' player
See also
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Shift (disambiguation)
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