Setback
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Setback may have the following meanings:
Setback is a card game that some think is actually, "Pitch."
- Setback (land use)Setback (land use)In land use, a setback is the distance which a building or other structure is set back from a street or road, a river or other stream, a shore or flood plain, or any other place which needs protection. Depending on the jurisdiction, other things like fences, landscaping, septic tanks, and various...
, the distance a structure must be from the edge of a lot - Setback (architecture)Setback (architecture)A setback, sometimes called step-back, is a step-like recession in a wall. Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.-History:...
, making upper storeys of a high-rise building further back than the lower ones for aesthetic, structural, or land-use restriction reasons - Pitch (card game)Pitch (card game)Pitch is an American trick-taking card game derived from the English game of All Fours . Historically, Pitch started as "Blind All Fours", a very simple All Fours variant that is still played in England as a pub game...
, a card game related to All Fours - A problemProblemA problem is an obstacle, impediment, difficulty or challenge, or any situation that invites resolution; the resolution of which is recognized as a solution or contribution toward a known purpose or goal...
- Setback arming, a safety-arming mechanism used on some munition fuzeFuzeFuze Beverage, commercially referred to as just Fuze , is a manufacturer of teas and non-carbonated fruit drinks enriched with vitamins. Currently the brand consists of five vitamin-infused lines: Slenderize, Refresh, Tea, Defensify, and Vitalize...
s, specifically those of artilleryArtilleryOriginally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
and mortars
Setback is a card game that some think is actually, "Pitch."