runner
Runner stands for:
- a young pig, heavier than a piglet, see the name in domestic pig
- a piece in a chess game, see bishop (chess)
- a long, narrow format for carpets
Terms from biology:
- agriculturally wild hops
- a root sprout, see root spawn
Terms from craft and technology:
- the moving part of a rotor of a rotating electrical machine and, depending on the design of the machine, also the armature (electrical engineering)
- a row of paving stones of the same thickness that lie along a high curb , the gutter runners
- a moving part of a crane, the trolley
- the impeller in a turbo machine, see impeller (turbo machine)
- the upper, rotating millstone, see grinding gear
- a stone in the masonry that is installed along the direction of the masonry , see masonry bond
- a drop that runs down the painting surface due to excessive paint application, see brush stroke
- the moving part of the slide rule
- generally a rotating part of a machine, the rotor
- a small hourglass in the shipping
- a ropemaker's wheel, see roping
- a movable rope on ships, see tackle
- the rotary piston of a Wankel engine
Sports terms:
- a player position in football, see middle runner and outside runner (football)
- a player position in handball, see circular runners (handball)
- an athlete who practices a sport, see running
- a player position of the actuator in volleyball
Designations for professions:
- a fast foot messenger, see messenger
- an assistant in the catering industry, see commission
- part of the maritime patrol who conducts patrols, see guard (shipping)
Runner is the family name of the following people:
- Thomas Läufer (* 1945), German diplomat
See also:
Wiktionary: Runner - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
