Pear (disambiguation)
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Pear
is trees of the genus Pyrus and the fruit of that tree, edible in some species
Pear may refer to:
Pear or Pears may also refer to:
PEAR may stand for:
Pear
The pear is any of several tree species of genus Pyrus and also the name of the pomaceous fruit of these trees. Several species of pear are valued by humans for their edible fruit, but the fruit of other species is small, hard, and astringent....
is trees of the genus Pyrus and the fruit of that tree, edible in some species
Pear may refer to:
- AvocadoAvocadoThe avocado is a tree native to Central Mexico, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel...
, a fruit that is referred to as "pear" in certain countries - Pear-shaped, a colloquial term for when things go wrong
Pear or Pears may also refer to:
- Pears CyclopaediaPears CyclopaediaPears Cyclopaedia is a one volume encyclopaedia published in the United Kingdom. Pears Soap launched Pears Shilling Cyclopaedia in December 1897....
, a one-volume encyclopædia published in the United Kingdom - Pears (surname)Pears (surname)Pears is a surname, and may refer to:* Andrew Pears, originator of Pears soap* David Pears* Edwin Pears* Erik Pears* Harry Pears* Iain Pears, English writer and historian* Ken Pears* Peter Pears, English tenor* Richard Pears* Stephen Pears...
- PearFemale body shapeFemale body shape or figure is the cumulative product of a woman's skeletal structure and the quantity and distribution of muscle and fat on the body. There are, and have been, wide differences on what should be considered an ideal or preferred body shape, both for attractiveness and for health...
shape of the human female form - Pear Tree HousePear Tree HousePear Tree House was the former Civil Defence control centre for South-East London. It is a block of council flats in the Central Hill Estate of Upper Norwood with 8 two-bedroom flats and the control centre in the basement.-History:...
, a Civil defence control centre in London - PearPCPearPCPearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable of running many PowerPC operating systems, including Mac OS X, Darwin and Linux. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License . It can be executed on Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and other systems based...
, an open-source PowerPC emulator - Choke pear (torture)Choke pear (torture)The choke pear is the modern name for a type of instrument displayed in some museums, consisting of a metal body divided into spoon-like segments that could be spread apart by turning a screw...
or Pear of Anguish, an implement of torture - Pear (Užice)Pear (Užice)Pear is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. In the 2002 census, the village had a population of 537....
, a village in the vicinity of Užice, Serbia - Pears soapPears soapPears transparent soap is a brand of soap first produced and sold in 1789 by Andrew Pears at a factory just off Oxford Street in London, England. It was the world's first transparent soap. Under the stewardship of Thomas J. Barratt, A. & F. Pears Ltd. company initiated a number of innovations in...
, an influential brand of soap - Worcestershire County Cricket ClubWorcestershire County Cricket ClubWorcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
, who have the traditional nickname of the 'Pears', based on their badge and the Worcestershire county emblem of a pear tree or three black pears - A fictional version of Apple Inc.'s logo, used in Drake & Josh, iCarly, Victorious, and other sitcoms.
- Pear peoplePear peopleThe Pear people are an indigenous group living a sparse existence after years of conflict in Cambodia and Thailand.-Ethnography:Pears call themselves: Samré in Pursat Province; Samray in Battambang; Chong and Chong-Samré in the Trat Province of eastern Thailand; and Chong la and Chong heap, in...
, an indigenous group in Cambodia and Thailand - Pear (color), a shade of green
- Pear (Annoying Orange), a character in Annoying Orange
PEAR may stand for:
- PHP Extension and Application RepositoryPHP Extension and Application RepositoryThe PHP Extension and Application Repository, or PEAR, is a repository of PHP software code. Stig S. Bakken founded the PEAR project in 1999 to promote the re-use of code that performs common functions. The project seeks to provide a structured library of code, maintain a system for distributing...
, a computer programming framework and distribution system for PHP code components - polymerase-endonuclease amplification reactionPolymerase-endonuclease amplification reactionPolymerase-endonuclease amplification reaction is a DNA amplification technology for the amplification of oligonucleotides . A target oligonucleotide and a tandem repeated antisense probe are subjected to repeated cycles of denaturing, annealing, elongation and cleaving, in which thermostable DNA...
- Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research LabPrinceton Engineering Anomalies Research LabThe Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research program was established at Princeton University in 1979 by Robert G. Jahn, then Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, to pursue rigorous scientific study of the interaction of human consciousness with physical devices, systems, and...
, a now disbanded program set up to study the interaction of human consciousness with physical devices, systems, and processes common to contemporary engineering practice - Processing Engine ARchive, a standard format for packaging UIMAUimaUIMA stands for Unstructured Information Management Architecture. An OASIS standard as of March 2009, UIMA is to date the only industry standard for content analytics....
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See also
- Choke pear (disambiguation)
- PiriformPiriformPiriform is a privately owned software house based in the West End of London, UK. It develops software for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Piriform's projects include CCleaner, Recuva, Defraggler, and Speccy, with at least two more products under development for a future...
(pear-shaped) - Pyrus (disambiguation)