Spotting may refer to:
Medicine
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Vaginal spotting, light bleeding that is not a menstrual period
Photography:
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:Observation hobbies
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Aircraft spotting
Aircraft spotting or planespotting is a hobby consisting of observing and tracking aircraft, which is usually accomplished by photography or videography. Besides monitoring aircraft, planespotters also record information regarding airports, air ...
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Bus spotting
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Car spotting
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Train spotting
A railfan, train fan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast, railway buff, anorak (British English), gunzel (Australian English), trainspotter (British English) or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally in ...
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Spots (cannabis)
Spots (also known as spotting, knifers, knife hits, knife tokes, dots, hot knives, kitchen tracking blades, or bladers) refers to a method of smoking cannabis. Small pieces of cannabis are rolled (or simply torn from a larger bud) to form the spo ...
, a method of smoking cannabis
Physical activities:
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Spotting (climbing)
Spotting is a climbing technique that is used mostly in bouldering, where other climbers stand beneath an active climber on a climbing route, route in order to break the impact of any fall, and to reduce the chance of an uncontrolled fall that cou ...
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Spotting (dance technique)
Spotting is a technique used by dancers during the execution of various Turn (dance), dance turns. The goal of spotting is to attain a constant orientation of the dancer's head and eyes, to the extent possible, in order to enhance the dancer's co ...
, a technique used by dancers to maintain control while executing turns
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Spotting (weight training)
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Artillery spotting
An artillery observer, artillery spotter, or forward observer (FO) is a soldier responsible for directing artillery and mortar fire support onto a target. An artillery observer usually accompanies a tank or infantry unit. Spotters ensure that ...
or bombardment spotting, observing the result of artillery or shell fire and providing corrective targeting data to the firer
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Spotting (photography)
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Spotting (filmography), the process of determining the location of the musical score of a film
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Car spotting (disambiguation)
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