Armour (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Military and naval
- Armoured forces, heavy cavalry, or tank units—see armoured warfareArmoured warfareArmoured warfare or tank warfare is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of war....
- Vehicle armourVehicle armourMilitary vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets, missiles, or shells, protecting the personnel inside from enemy fire. Such vehicles include tanks, aircraft, and ships....
, metal armored to protect fighting vehicles or warships - The metal belt armour, deck armor, turret armor, and command citadel armor of battleship and cruisers
Protection or technology
- armor, ASCII Armor is a special text file (ASCII Armored file) with a file extension .ascASC-Australia:* Australian Sports Commission* Australian Submarine Corporation, a naval equipment manufacturer in Adelaide, South Australia-Canada:* Advertising Standards Canada* Association des Scouts du Canada* Airsoft Canada-Republic of China :...
used by GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) to convert binary data into ASCII - Armor (hydrology)Armor (hydrology)Armor, in hydrology and geography is the association of surface pebbles, rocks or boulders with stream beds or beaches. Most commonly hydrological armor occurs naturally; however, a man-made form is usually called riprap, when shorelines or stream banks are fortified for erosion protection with...
: beaches, stream or river beds which have significant rock or boulder occurrence - Armour (zoology)Armour (zoology)Armour in animals is external or superficial protection against attack by predators, formed as part of the body , usually through the hardening of body tissues, outgrowths or secretions. It has therefore mostly developed in 'prey' species...
: external body protection developed by animals - "Armour Thyroid" (or "Armour brand medication"), a thyroid supplement made of desiccated thyroid extractDesiccated thyroid extractDesiccated thyroid or thyroid extract, refers to porcine thyroid glands, dried and powdered for therapeutic use. As an animal product, it is not suitable for use by vegetarians. Some religious dietary laws object to the use of pork products as well, although exceptions are sometimes made for...
from pigs - RiprapRiprapRiprap — also known as rip rap, rubble, shot rock or rock armour or "Rip-rap" — is rock or other material used to armor shorelines, streambeds, bridge abutments, pilings and other shoreline structures against scour, water or ice erosion.It is made from a variety of rock types, commonly granite or...
(also known as rock armour), rock used to protect coastlines and structures from erosion by the sea, rivers, or streams
Places
- Armour, South DakotaArmour, South DakotaArmour is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 699 at the 2010 census.- History :...
- Armour, OntarioArmour, OntarioArmour is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario.Located in the Parry Sound District, the township surrounds but does not include the village of Burk's Falls...
- Armour Square ParkArmour Square ParkArmour Square Park, also known as Armour Square or Park No. 3, is a park in Chicago, Illinois featuring Beaux Arts architecture, designed by D.H. Burnham and the Olmstead Brothers. The park was opened in March 1905, at a cost of $220,000. It was named after Philip Danforth Armour, philanthropist...
, Chicago, Illinois - Côtes-d'ArmorCôtes-d'ArmorCôtes-d'Armor is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France.-History:Côtes-du-Nord was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Brittany. Its name was changed in 1990 to...
is Breton for "by the sea" and means the part of Brittany on or near the coast
People
- Philip Danforth ArmourPhilip Danforth ArmourPhilip Danforth Armour, Sr. was an American businessman who founded Armour and Company, an American meatpacking firm.-Biography:...
(1832–1901), meatpacker and businessman, founder of Armour and Company - Andrew Watson Armour IIIAndrew Watson Armour IIIAndrew Watson "Butch" Armour III was a member of the Armour meat-packing family , a company president, and notable philanthropist who, together with his wife Sarah Wood Armour, gave millions of dollars to Princeton University, St...
(1908–1991), Armour and Company president, relative of Philip Danforth Armour - Richard ArmourRichard ArmourRichard Willard Armour was an American poet and author who wrote over sixty-five books.-Life and work:Armour was born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. His father was a druggist, and Armour's autobiographical Drug Store Days recalls his childhood in both San Pedro and Pomona...
(1906–1989), American author and poet
Organizations
- Armour and CompanyArmour and CompanyArmour & Company was an American slaughterhouse and meatpacking company founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1867 by the Armour brothers, led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company was Chicago's most important business and helped make the city and its Union Stock Yards the center of the...
, slaughterhouse and meat packers - Armor for SleepArmor for SleepArmor for Sleep was an American rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001 and disbanded in 2009. The final lineup consisted of lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Ben Jorgensen, lead guitarist PJ DeCicco, bassist Anthony DiIonno and drummer Nash Breen....
, a New Jersey band - Armour Mission, a charitable organization founded by Philip Danforth ArmourPhilip Danforth ArmourPhilip Danforth Armour, Sr. was an American businessman who founded Armour and Company, an American meatpacking firm.-Biography:...
- Armour Institute of Technology (1893), merged with Illinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...
in 1940
Media and culture
- Armor (novel)Armor (novel)Armor is a military science fiction novel by John Steakley. It has some superficial similarities with Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers but concentrates more on the psychological effects of violence on human beings rather than on the political aspects of the military, which was the focus of...
, by John Steakley - Armor (magazine)Armor (magazine)ARMOR is the professional journal of the U.S. Army’s Armor Branch, published by the Chief of Armor at Fort Knox, Kentucky, training center for the Army’s tank and cavalry forces...
, journal of the U.S. Army’s Armor Branch - Hisako Ichiki, a Marvel Comics character and a member of the X-Men, known by the codename Armor
- Armored (film)Armored (film)Armored is a 2009 American crime thriller film directed by Nimród Antal, written by first-time screenwriter James V. Simpson, and starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Milo Ventimiglia, Skeet Ulrich, and Columbus Short...
, a 2009 film directed by Nimrod Antal.