Fit
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Fit or FIT may refer to:
Fitness
Other uses
FIT may refer to:
Fitness
- Physical fitnessPhysical fitnessPhysical fitness comprises two related concepts: general fitness , and specific fitness...
, how well a person is suited for physical tasks - FitTVFitTVFitTV was an American digital cable and satellite channel, owned by Discovery Communications. The channel focused on fitness and exercise-related programming. FitTV offered programming with such fitness celebrities as Cathe Friedrich, Sharon Mann, Gilad Janklowicz, Marilu Henner, Tamilee Webb and...
, cable television network about physical fitness - Wii FitWii Fitis a video game developed by Nintendo for the company's home video game console, Wii, designed by Hiroshi Matsunaga. It is an exercise game consisting of activities using the Wii Balance Board peripheral...
, Nintendo Wii video game about physical fitness - Fitness (biology)Fitness (biology)Fitness is a central idea in evolutionary theory. It can be defined either with respect to a genotype or to a phenotype in a given environment...
, how capable a being is at successfully passing on its genes - Physical attractivenessPhysical attractivenessPhysical attractiveness refers to a person's physical traits which are perceived to be aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. The term often implies sexual attractiveness or desirability, but can also be distinct from the two; for example, humans may regard the young as attractive for various...
, in British or Irish slang, usually with sexual connotations, generally used to describe an attractive man or woman - FIT magazine, about physical fitness, published by Bob Anderson (runner)Bob Anderson (runner)Bob Anderson is an American runner, photographer, publisher and film producer. He is the founder of Runner's World magazine. A desire to find information about running and racing led him to a career in magazine and book publishing for more than twenty years...
Other uses
- Direction of fitDirection of fitThe technical term direction-of-fit is used to describe the distinctions that are offered by two related sets of opposing terms:* The more general set of mind-to-world vs. world-to-mind used by philosophers of mind, and* The narrower, more specific set, word-to-world The technical term...
, the mind-world relation in philosophy of mind - Human fit, how a human adapts (or "fits in") to an environment or social situation
- Honda FitHonda FitThe Honda Jazz is a five-door hatchback subcompact manufactured by the Honda Motor Company of Japan, first introduced in June 2001 and is now in its second generation. The Jazz shares Honda's Global Small Car Platform with the City/Fit Aria, Airwave/Partner, Mobilio, Mobilio Spike, Freed and Freed...
(also known as Honda Jazz), a 5-door hatchback car - Engineering fitEngineering fitFit refers to the mating of two mechanical components. Manufactured parts are very frequently required to mate with one another. They may be designed to slide freely against one another or they may be designed to bind together to form a single unit...
, a classification system for the mating of two mechanical components - Curve fittingCurve fittingCurve 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 is required, or smoothing, in which a "smooth" function...
- Fit, in time management
- Direction of fitDirection of fitThe technical term direction-of-fit is used to describe the distinctions that are offered by two related sets of opposing terms:* The more general set of mind-to-world vs. world-to-mind used by philosophers of mind, and* The narrower, more specific set, word-to-world The technical term...
, the word-world relation in speech act theory - Fit, or Fytte, a cantoCantoThe canto is a principal form of division in a long poem, especially the epic. The word comes from Italian, meaning "song" or singing. Famous examples of epic poetry which employ the canto division are Lord Byron's Don Juan, Valmiki's Ramayana , Dante's The Divine Comedy , and Ezra Pound's The...
, a section or part of a poem - Fit, another term for a seizureSeizureAn epileptic seizure, occasionally referred to as a fit, is defined as a transient symptom of "abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain". The outward effect can be as dramatic as a wild thrashing movement or as mild as a brief loss of awareness...
or convulsionConvulsionA convulsion is a medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body. Because a convulsion is often a symptom of an epileptic seizure, the term convulsion is sometimes used as a synonym for seizure... - Fit, another word for attractivePhysical attractivenessPhysical attractiveness refers to a person's physical traits which are perceived to be aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. The term often implies sexual attractiveness or desirability, but can also be distinct from the two; for example, humans may regard the young as attractive for various...
- Fit (2008 play)
FIT may refer to:
- Failures in time, a unit rate of failure, used in reliability engineering
- Feature integration theoryFeature integration theoryThe feature integration theory, developed by Anne Treisman and Garry Gelade since the early 1980s, posits that different kinds of attention are responsible for binding different features into consciously experienced wholes...
, a theory to explain visual attention - Feed-in tariffFeed-in TariffA feed-in tariff is a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies. It achieves this by offering long-term contracts to renewable energy producers, typically based on the cost of generation of each technology...
, referred to solar electricity energy financial incentives - Finite integration technique, a numerical method for simulating electro-magnetical problems
- Five intersecting tetrahedra, a compound solid shape
- Flight interception trapFlight Interception TrapThe Flight Interception Trap or FIT is a widely used trapping system for flying insects. It is especially well-suited for collecting beetles, since these animals usually drop themselves after flying into an object, rather than flying upward...
, a method used for trapping flying insects - Flow Indicator Transmitter (see Flow measurementFlow measurementFlow measurement is the quantification of bulk fluid movement. Flow can be measured in a variety of ways.Positive-displacement flow meters acumulate a fixed volume of fluid and then count the number of times the volume is filled to measure flow...
), abbreviation used in piping and instrumentation diagrams - Frame Interline Transfer, a type of CCD (charge-coupled device) imager
- Framework for Integrated Test, an open-source software tool for automated customer tests
- Free Independent TravelerFree Independent TravelerIn the travel industry, the term Free Independent Traveler , abbreviated FIT, is used to refer to a single traveler or a small group , in contrast to large, organized groups....
, a tourist who takes packaged tours at a time of their own choice - Filton Abbey Wood railway stationFilton Abbey Wood railway stationFilton Abbey Wood railway station, was opened on 11 March 1996, replacing the original Filton station which stands to the north of the current site....
has National Rail code FIT - Framework for Integrated Test a framework for software testing
- Fecal Immunochemical Testing, a type of Fecal occult bloodFecal occult bloodFecal occult blood refers to blood in the feces that is not visibly apparent. A fecal occult blood test checks for hidden blood in the stool...
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Organizations
- Fashion Institute of TechnologyFashion Institute of TechnologyThe Fashion Institute of Technology, generally known as FIT, is a State University of New York college of art, business, design, and technology connected to the fashion industry, with an urban campus located on West 27th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of...
, an American college, part of the State University of New York - Fédération Internationale des TraducteursInternational Federation of TranslatorsThe International Federation of Translators is a worldwide organization, composed of the national translation organizations from over 60 countries...
(International Federation of Translators), a global umbrella organization of national translators' and interpreters' associations - Federation of International TouchFederation of International TouchThe Federation of International Touch is the worldwide governing body for Touch football.The Federation of International Touch was formed at a meeting held in conjunction with the Australian National championships that were held in Melbourne in 1985....
, the governing body of a version of touch rugby football - Fields In Trust, the operating name of the National Playing Fields Association in the UK
- Florida Institute of TechnologyFlorida Institute of TechnologyFlorida Institute of Technology, also known as Florida Tech, is an independent private technical research university located in Melbourne, Florida, United States. Founded in 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, the institute has been known by its present name since 1966. Florida Tech's curriculum...
, an American engineering and technological university located in Melbourne, Florida - Forever In TerrorForever In TerrorForever in Terror is an American heavy metal music group from Streetsboro, Ohio.- History :Formerly known as 7th plague, Forever in Terror was formed in 2003 in Streetsboro, Ohio in the Greater Cleveland area by drummer Nick Borukhovsky...
, a heavy metal band from Streetsboro, Ohio - Forward Intelligence TeamForward Intelligence TeamForward Intelligence Teams are two or more police officers who are deployed by UK police forces to gather intelligence on the ground and in some circumstances, to disrupt activists and deter anti-social behaviour. They use cameras, camcorders and audio recorders to conduct overt surveillance of...
, a UK Police unit for dealing with Public Order matters - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, a German institute operated by the Fraunhofer Society
- Freudenberg ITFreudenberg ITFreudenberg IT is a global IT Solutions Company specializing in SAP consulting, outsourcing, manufacturing execution system & managed hosting. It is part of the Freudenberg Group of companies which is a family owned enterprise. The group has a history starting in the year 1849. Freudenberg IT...
, an international solution provider that offers consulting and outsourcing services.