Floor (disambiguation)
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Floor may refer to one of the following:
In buildings:
In mathematics, science and engineering:
In economics and business:
Floor (legislative)
and in public speaking:
A person's name:
Others:
In buildings:
- FloorFloorA floor is the walking surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces using modern technology...
, the lower surface of a room; and the supportive subfloor, the layer which structurally provides the strength and support for the flooringFlooringFlooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface...
above commonly miscalled 'the floor'. - StoreyStoreyA storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...
, a level of a building - FlooringFlooringFlooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface...
, a type floor covering for example wood flooring, tile flooring, vinyl flooring - Floor (gymnastics)Floor (gymnastics)In gymnastics, the floor refers to a specially prepared exercise surface, which is considered an apparatus. It is used by both male and female gymnasts. The event in gymnastics performed on floor is called floor exercise. The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is FX.A spring...
, a specially prepared exercise surface - Dance floorDance floorDance floor may refer to:* Sprung floor, a floor to enhance performance and reduce injuries* Performance surface or marley floor, flooring suitable for dance or sport* Dance pad, a flat electronic game controller used for input in dance games...
or Sprung floorSprung floorA sprung floor is a floor that absorbs shocks, giving it a softer feel. Such floors are considered the best available for dance and indoor sports and physical education....
for dancing
In mathematics, science and engineering:
- Floor and ceiling functions in mathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and computer scienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
In economics and business:
- Interest rate cap and floorInterest rate cap and floorAn interest rate cap is a derivative in which the buyer receives payments at the end of each period in which the interest rate exceeds the agreed strike price...
- Floor tradingFloor tradingFloor trading is where traders or stock brokers meet at a specific venue referred to as a trading floor or pit to buy and sell financial instruments using open outcry method to communicate which each other. These venues are typically stock exchanges or futures exchanges and transactions are...
where traders meet at a trading floorOpen outcryOpen outcry is the name of a method of communication between professionals on a stock exchange or futures exchange. It involves shouting and the use of hand signals to transfer information primarily about buy and sell orders...
to buy and sell - Shop floorShop floor--The Shop floor literally is the floor of a factory where people work on machines, or the space in a retail establishment where goods are sold to customers...
in retail or factory premises where people work with machines or clients
Floor (legislative)
Floor (legislative)
The floor of a legislature or chamber is the place where members sit and make speeches. When a person is speaking there formally, they are said to have the floor. The House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S...
and in public speaking:
- The generality of the house members, as opposed to committeeCommitteeA committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
- The part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing galleryAudienceAn audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature , theatre, music or academics in any medium...
- In public speakingPublic speakingPublic speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners...
, such as a legislature or town hall meetingTown hall meetingA town hall meeting is an American English term given to an informal public meeting. Everybody in a town community is invited to attend, not always to voice their opinions, but to hear the responses from public figures and elected officials about shared subjects of interest. Attendees rarely voted...
, the person currently allowed to speak is said to "have the floor"
A person's name:
- Floor, a DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
given nameGiven nameA given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
for girls as well as boys, derived from the Latin florere, meaning "to be with flowers, to bloom".- Floor JansenFloor JansenFloor Jansen is a Dutch singer, who was the lead singer of the symphonic metal band After Forever which disbanded in 2009, and is the current singer for ReVamp.-After Forever:...
(a female singer) - Floortje MeijnersFloortje MeijnersFloortje Meijners is a female volleyball player from the Netherlands, who plays as a wing-spiker. She was a member of the Dutch National Women's Team that won the gold medal at the FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 in Ningbo, PR China.-References:...
a volleyball player - Floor Wibaut a male politician
- Floor Jansen
- Kabamba FloorsKabamba FloorsLucas "Kabamba" Floors is a South African rugby union footballer who plays for the Free State Cheetahs in the domestic Currie Cup club competition, and for the Vodacom Free State Cheetahs in the international Super 14 competition...
the South African rugby union footballer
Others:
- Floor (poker) a reference to a floor person who runs a poker room and makes decisions on hands.
- Floor (play), a 2006 play
- Floor (band)Floor (band)-Biography:Floor was formed in 1992 by Steve Brooks , Anthony Vialon , and Betty Monteavaro . Jeff Sousa became the drummer in late 1993, and Steve and Anthony switched to just having two low-tuned guitars with no bassist. Several vinyl-only 7" EPs were released until their first break in 1996...
, a metal band from Florida - Floors CastleFloors CastleFloors Castle, on the western outskirts of Kelso, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is a country house, rather than a fortress. It was built in the 1720s by the architect William Adam for the 1st Duke, possibly incorporating an earlier tower house...
, Scotland - Floor exercise, gymnastics routines with no equipment
- Floored (film), a documentary about the Chicago trading floors