Wick most often refers to: *

Capillary action Capillary action (sometimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in a narrow space without the assistance of external forces like Gravitation, gravity. The effe ...

("wicking") **

Candle wick A candle wick or lamp wick is usually made of braided cotton that holds the flame of a candle or oil lamp. A candle wick works by capillary action, conveying ("wicking") the fuel to the flame. When the liquid fuel, typically melted candle wax, ...

, the cord used in a candle or oil lamp **

Solder wick In electronics, desoldering is the removal of solder and components from a Printed circuit board, circuit board for troubleshooting, repair, replacement, and salvage. Tools Desoldering tools and materials include the following: *Solder wick *H ...

, a copper-braided wire used to desolder electronic contacts Wick or WICK may also refer to:

Places and placenames

* -wick (-wich) town, settlements in Anglo-Saxon England * ''

vicus In Ancient Rome, the Latin term (plural ) designated a village within a rural area () or the neighbourhood of a larger settlement. During the Republican era, the four of the city of Rome were subdivided into . In the 1st century BC, Augustus ...

'', the Latin word from which the Anglo-Saxon ''-wick'', ''-wich'', ''wic'' and ''-wych'' found within placenames derive. * -wick, from Old Norse ''vik'', bay or inlet, as in

Wick, Caithness Wick ( ; ) is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay. "Wick Locality" had a population of 6,954 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011 ...

, and

Lerwick Lerwick ( or ; ; ) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010. It is the northernmost major settlement within the United Kingdom. Centred ...

Scotland

Wick Airport Wick John O' Groats Airport () is located north of the town of Wick, at the north-eastern extremity of the mainland of Scotland. It is owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The airport provides commercial air travel ...

Wick (Parliament of Scotland constituency) Wick, Caithness, Wick in Caithness was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner (Parliament of Scotland), commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates. After the Acts of Union 1707, Wick, Dingwall (Parliament of ...

(to 1707) ** Wick River, Caithness

England

Wick, Bournemouth Wick is a village on the south bank of the River Stour in Dorset, England, just short of the Stour's entry into Christchurch Harbour. Along with the nearby village of Tuckton, it originally formed a tithing in the Hundred of Christchurch, before ...

, Dorset * Wick, Devizes, Wiltshire * Wick, Downton, Wiltshire *

Wick, Gloucestershire Wick is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is the main settlement in the civil parish of Wick and Abson. The population of this civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,989. Description It is situated on the A420 between Bristol ...

Wick, West Sussex Wick is a suburb of Littlehampton in the Arun district of West Sussex, England. Originally a separate village, it now forms part of the built up area around the town and is on the A284 road 1 miles (1 km) to the north of Littlehampto ...

Wick, Worcestershire Wick is a village in the district of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is located 2 miles from the town of Pershore in the Vale of Evesham, and nestles in a large bend in the River Avon. It is bounded by areas of parklan ...

Wick St. Lawrence Wick St. Lawrence is a civil parish and village in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The population of the parish, which includes Bourton, Icelton and Ebdon, in the 2011 census was 1,331. History The pa ...

, Somerset *

Hackney Wick Hackney Wick is a neighbourhood in East London, England. The area forms the south-eastern part of the district of Hackney, and also of the wider London Borough of Hackney. Adjacent areas of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, namely Fish I ...

, London *

Hampton Wick Hampton Wick is a Thamesside area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, contiguous with Teddington, Kingston upon Thames and Bushy Park. Market gardening continued until well into the twentieth century. With its road and rail ...

, London *

Wick (ward) Wick was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney that formed part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. It fully covered the area of Hackney Wick and includes the part of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics The Paralympic Gam ...

, an electoral ward of the Hackney London Borough Council

Wales

Wick, Vale of Glamorgan Wick () is a small village and Community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the coast. The closest towns are Llantwit Major, Cowbridge and Bridgend. The community includes B ...

United States

Wick, Ohio Wick is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Ashtabula County, Ohio, Ashtabula County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History A post office called Wick was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1904. The ...

Wick, West Virginia Wick is an unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States, along Sugar Creek. The community most likely was named after the local Wick family. Notable person * Glen E. Morrell, born May 26, 1936; seventh Sergeant Major ...

Other uses

The Wick The Wick is a Grade I listed Georgian house in Richmond, Greater London, located at the corner of Nightingale Lane and Richmond Hill. The house, designed in 1775 by architect Robert Mylne for Lady St. Aubyn, was for many years the family h ...

, house in Richmond Hill, London, England *

WICK Wick most often refers to: * Capillary action ("wicking") ** Candle wick, the cord used in a candle or oil lamp ** Solder wick, a copper-braided wire used to desolder electronic contacts Wick or WICK may also refer to: Places and placenames ...

, Pennsylvania AM broadcasting station *

Wick (hieroglyph) The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hierog ...

, Ancient Egyptian sign *

Wick Communications Wick Communications (formerly known as Wick Newspaper Group) is a family-owned media company with 18 newspapers in 10 states. They also publish websites and other specialty publications. The home offices are in Sierra Vista, Arizona, and it has ne ...

(formerly Wick Newspaper Group) *

Wick product In probability theory, the Wick product, named for Italian physicist Gian-Carlo Wick, is a particular way of defining an adjusted product of a set of random variables. In the lowest order product the adjustment corresponds to subtracting off the ...

, in probability theory *

Wick rotation In physics, Wick rotation, named after Italian physicist Gian Carlo Wick, is a method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that sub ...

, in physics * "Wick", nickname for (private)

Chadwick School Chadwick School is a nonsectarian independent K-12 day school located in an unincorporated area on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Specifically it is located at the top of the neighborhood referred to ...

in Los Angeles *

Static wick Static wicks, also called static dischargers or static discharge wicks, are devices used to remove static electricity from aircraft in flight. They take the form of small sticks pointing backwards from the wings, and are fitted on almost all civi ...

on aircraft that discharges

triboelectricity The triboelectric effect (also known as triboelectricity, triboelectric charging, triboelectrification, or tribocharging) describes electric charge transfer between two objects when they contact or slide against each other. It can occur with d ...

Wick (surname) An England, English topographic name for someone who lived on an outlying farm; it is a modern variation of the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''wic''. The surname is also of German language, German origin. People * Cole Wick (born 1993), American athlet ...

* ''

John Wick ''John Wick'' is an American media franchise created by Derek Kolstad. It centers on a neo-noir action thriller film series featuring titular character portrayed by Keanu Reeves. Wick is a legendary hitman who is reluctantly drawn back int ...

'', 2014– American film franchise * Wick, or ''shadow'', as an aspect of the

Candlestick chart A candlestick chart (also called Japanese candlestick chart or K-line) is a style of financial chart used to describe price movements of a security, derivative, or currency. While similar in appearance to a bar chart, each candlestick represent ...