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Shape
The shape of an object located in some space is a geometrical description of the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – abstracting from location and orientation in space, size, and other properties such as colour, content, and material...

is the characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour.

Shape(s) or The Shape(s) may also refer to:
  • Shape (Go)
    Shape (Go)
    In the game of Go, shape describes the positional qualities of a group of stones. Descriptions of shapes in go revolve around how well a group creates or removes life and territory. Good shape can refer to the efficient use of stones in outlining territory, the strength of a group in a prospective...

    , positional qualities of a group of stones in the game of Go
  • SHAPE (molecular biology), an NMR-based RNA structure determination experiment
  • Arnott's Shapes
    Arnott's Shapes
    Arnott's Shapes are a popular line of savoury crackers produced by Arnott's in Australia. First produced in Victoria in the 1950s, they were originally made in the shape of potato chips, until bakers realised they were too difficult to cut and were a waste of dough. In 1974, they switched to the...

    , a line of snack foods
  • Blancmange (food) or shape, a sweet dessert
  • Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
    Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
    Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe is the central command of NATO military forces. It is located at Casteau, north of the Belgian city of Mons...

     (SHAPE), the central command of NATO military forces, Casteau, Belgium


Computing

  • Shape ApS
    Shape ApS
    Shape isFounded in 2010, Shape is an award winning Denmark-based developer and publisher of applications for mobile platforms like iOS and Android . Shape has been published applications such as Expenditure and Fitness World Booking....

    , a Danish developer and publisher of applications for mobile platforms
  • SHAPE Services
    SHAPE Services
    SHAPE Services GmbH is a cross-platform independent software vendor and web-based services provider. The company develops instant messaging, social networking, productivity, entertainment, games, media and location-based applications for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, BlackBerry, Windows...

    , a German software vendor
  • Shapefile
    Shapefile
    The Esri Shapefile or simply a shapefile is a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software. It is developed and regulated by Esri as a open specification for data interoperability among Esri and other software products.Shapefiles spatially describe geometries:...

    , a geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software

Music

Performers
  • The Shapes (UK band)
    The Shapes (UK band)
    The Shapes were an English punk rock group that formed in the town of Leamington Spa in 1976. Different in many ways from their peers in the nascent punk subculture, they were known for eschewing the more political stances that were fashionable at the time, instead producing works of a cartoonish...

    , a 1970s punk rock band
  • The Shapes (US band)
    The Shapes (US band)
    The Shapes were an indie-rock band from Brooklyn, NY. Formed in 2004, The Shapes have self-released one self-titled EP and also composed and performed the theme song for the popular A&E Television show Dallas SWAT...

    , a 2000s indie rock band
  • Shape:UK or Shapeshifters, a 2000s-2010s house music production duo
  • The Shapes, a UK experimental pop band fronted by Micachu
    Micachu
    Mica Levi, known by her stage name Micachu , is an English singer, songwriter, composer, and producer. She is classically trained and is best known for experimental music in a variety of genres.-Biography:...



Albums
  • Shape (album), a 1996 album by Frente!
  • Shapes (album)
    Shapes (album)
    Shapes is Polvo's fourth studio album. It was recorded by Bob Weston and released on Touch and Go Records in 1997.-Track listing:#"Enemy Insects" - 6:14#"The Fighting Kites" - 1:31#"Rock Post Rock" - 4:11#"The Golden Ladder" - 3:04...

    , a 1997 album by Polvo
  • Shapes, a 1994 album by Greg Howard
    Greg Howard
    Greg Howard is a Chapman Stick player from Charlottesville, Virginia. Originally a keyboardist and saxophonist, Greg took up the Stick in 1985...



Songs
  • "Shape" (song)
    Shape (song)
    "Shape" is an R&B song performed by English girl group, the Sugababes. It was written and produced by Craig Dodds for the band's second studio album Angels with Dirty Faces , incorporating a sample of the 1993 recording "Shape of My Heart," co-written and performed by Sting and his guitarist...

    , a song by Sugababes
  • "Shapes", a song by The Long Winters from When I Pretend to Fall
    When I Pretend to Fall
    When I Pretend to Fall, is the second album by indie rock band The Long Winters. It was released on Barsuk Records in 2003.-Track listing:# "Blue Diamonds" – 3:49# "Scared Straight" – 4:17# "Shapes" – 4:03# "Cinnamon" – 4:12...

  • "The Shape", a song by Slipknot from Iowa
    Iowa (album)
    Iowa is the second album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released by Roadrunner Records on August 28, 2001, it was produced by Ross Robinson and Slipknot. The title derives from the band's home state, Iowa, which members have stated is one of their biggest sources of inspiration...


Other media

  • Shape (comics)
    Shape (comics)
    -Squadron Supreme:-Fictional character biography:The Shape was born in Simak, Lowengard, in the U.S.A. of the alternate Earth of the Squadron Supreme, Earth-712...

    , a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
  • Shape (magazine), a fitness magazine
  • "Shapes" (The X-Files)
    Shapes (The X-Files)
    "Shapes" is the nineteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files. It premiered on the Fox network on April 1, 1994. "Shapes" was written by Marilyn Osborn, and directed by David Nutter. It featured guest appearances by Michael Horse, Ty Miller and...

    , an episode of the TV series The X-Files
  • The Shapes Project
    The Shapes Project
    Working in 2005-2006, American artist Allan McCollum designed The Shapes Project, a combinatorial system to produce unique two-dimensional "shapes." The system allows for the making of enough unique shapes for every person on the planet to have one of their own...

    , an art project by Allan McCollum
  • Michael Myers (Halloween)
    Michael Myers (Halloween)
    Michael Myers is a fictional character from the Halloween series of slasher films. He first appears in John Carpenter's Halloween as a young boy who murders his older sister, then fifteen years later returns home to murder more teenagers...

    or The Shape, a fictional character from the Halloween film franchise
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