Knee (disambiguation)
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Knee may mean:
Knee or Knees can be a surname:
Knee can also refer to:
- Other knee-like joint structures in animals:
- Equine knee, in horses and their kin
- Avian knee, in birds
- Arthropod knee, in legged kin of shellfish and insects
- Non-animal structures with relatively sharp bends:
- Knee (construction)Knee (construction)In woodworking, a knee is a curved piece of load-bearing wood that is often used to connect adjacent members at approximately right angles to one another...
, a bent piece of wood that takes stress, as commonly used in construction of wooden boats - Cypress kneeCypress kneeIn the biology of trees, a cypress knee is a distinctive structure in a root of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamily Taxodioideae. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen in swamps...
, structure on cypress-tree root
- Knee (construction)
Knee or Knees can be a surname:
- Allan KneeAllan Knee-Stage:*Little Women *The Man Who was Peter Pan -Stage:*Little Women (Broadway musical) (2005)*The Man Who was Peter Pan -Stage:*Little Women (Broadway musical) (2005)*The Man Who was Peter Pan (42nd Street Workshop 'Off-Broadway. (March 1998)*Late Nite Comic (Broadway) (1987)-Film/TV:*Esther's...
, a film and television writer and playwright - Bernie KneeBernie KneeBernie Knee was a singer/musician. He recorded with Carole King songs by Jack Keller and also the classic '60s exercise song "Chicken Fat", and was the Five Blobs in a recording of the theme from The Blob...
(1924–1994), a singer/musician - Christian KneesChristian KneesChristian Knees is a German professional road racing cyclist who rides for . He won the German National Road Race Championship in 2010...
(born 1981), a German cyclist who rides for Team Milram in the UCI ProTour - Fred KneeFred KneeFred Knee was a British trade unionist and socialist politician.Born in Frome, Somerset, Knee became a printer and moved to London in search of work. By 1892, Knee was living in Wimbledon and had joined the Social Democratic Federation and the Co-operative Society...
(1868–1914), a British trade unionist and socialist politician - Miriam KneeMiriam KneeMiriam Knee in Ringwood, Victoria. She is a former Australian cricketer who played eight women's test matches and six women's one-day internationals in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup in England....
(born 1938), a former Australian cricketer
Knee can also refer to:
- A strike with the knee, see Knee (strike)Knee (strike)A knee strike is a strike with the knee, either with the kneecap or the surrounding area. Kneeing is a disallowed practice in many combat sports, especially to the head of a downed opponent...
- knee of the curve, for example see Maximum power point trackerMaximum power point trackerMaximum power point tracking is a technique that grid tie inverters, solar battery chargers and similar devices use to get the maximum possible power from the PV array. Solar cells have a complex relationship between solar irradiation, temperature and total resistance that produces a non-linear...
- The knee setting in an electronic audio compressor device (soft or hard knee)
- Knees, the GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
name for SatchinezSatchinezSatchinez is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bărăteaz, Hodoni and Satchinez....
, Timiş County, Romania - Knee energy region in physics is an energy spectra for cosmic rays
- Quarterback kneelQuarterback kneelIn American football, a quarterback kneel, also called taking a knee, genuflect offense, or victory formation occurs when the quarterback immediately kneels to the ground after receiving the snap. It is primarily used to run the clock down, either at the end of the first half or the game itself, in...
, a football play