Hockey stick (disambiguation)
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A hockey stick is:
- a stick used to propel the ball or puck in hockeyHockeyHockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
. In particular:- Field hockey stickField hockey stickIn field hockey, each player carries a stick and cannot take part in the game without it. The stick is usually between 36" and 38" long and traditionally made of wood but now almost all the more expensive sticks are composite, that is made of a number of materials...
, used to propel the ball in field hockey - Ice hockey stickIce hockey stickAn ice hockey stick is a piece of equipment used in ice hockey to shoot, pass, and carry the puck. Ice hockey sticks are approximately 150–200 cm long, composed of a long, slender shaft with a flat extension at one end called the blade. The blade is the part of the stick used to contact the...
, used to propel the puck in ice hockey
- Field hockey stick
- something shaped like an ice hockey stick
- Saab hockey stickSaab hockey stickThe hockey stick is a automotive design feature seen on all Saab automobiles. It is a C-pillar curve from the base of the rear passenger window that resembles the shape of an ice hockey stick or the Nike swoosh symbol....
, styling cue on Saab cars - Hockey stick controversyHockey stick controversyThe hockey stick controversy refers to debates over the technical correctness and implications for global warming of graphs showing reconstructed estimates of the temperature record of the past 1000 years...
about the "hockey stick" graph which shows a sharp recent rise in global temperature - a Hockey Stick diagram is a diagram that shows the payoff of a call optionCall optionA call option, often simply labeled a "call", is a financial contract between two parties, the buyer and the seller of this type of option. The buyer of the call option has the right, but not the obligation to buy an agreed quantity of a particular commodity or financial instrument from the seller...
or a put optionPut optionA put or put option is a contract between two parties to exchange an asset, the underlying, at a specified price, the strike, by a predetermined date, the expiry or maturity...
with respect to the price of the underlying asset. - a hockey stick procedure turn is the standard way to reverse direction during an instrument landing in aviation.
- Saab hockey stick
- Other uses:
- the name of a step in Cha-cha-cha (dance)Cha-cha-cha (dance)The Cha-cha-cha is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953...
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- the name of a step in Cha-cha-cha (dance)