edge
Rand stands for:
- Edge (unit) , thread size
- South African rand , currency of South Africa
- Rand & Harvey , former American automobile manufacturer
- Periphery , especially in spatial terms
- Side edge in documents, see typearea
Rand is used several times in mathematics
- Set of nodes of maximum eccentricity in graph theory; see path (graph theory) # length and distance
- Edge (topology) , generalized concept of the edge in topology
- Edge (Banach algebra) , edge in a commutative Banach algebra
- Edge (group) , edge of a topological group
Rand is the name of the following geographic objects:
- the short term, which cannot be clearly delimited, in relation to the geographical core region Witwatersrand
- Rand Peak , mountain in the Britannia Range, Antarctica
Places:
- Rand (New South Wales)
- Rand (Lincolnshire)
- Rand (Colorado)
- Rand (California)
- Rand (New Hampshire)
- Rand (Oregon)
- Rand (Pennsylvania)
- Rand (West Virginia)
Rand is the family name of the following people:
- Austin Loomer Rand (1905–1982), Canadian ornithologist
- Austin Stanley Rand (1932-2005), biologist
- Ayn Rand (1905–1982), American writer and philosopher
- Edward Kennard Rand (1871–1945), American classical philologist
- Edward Lothrop Rand (1859–1924), American botanist
- Edward Sprague Rand (1834-1897), American botanist
- Frank Rand (1935–2003), American entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Isaac Rand (1674–1743), English pharmacist and botanist
- Ivan Rand , Supreme Court of Canada justice
- Janne Rand (* 1984), American ski jumper
- John Rand (1871-1940), American actor
- Kristian Rand (* 1987), Estonian ice dancer
- Mary Rand (born 1940), British athlete
- Paul Rand (1914–1996), American graphic designer
- Robin Rand (* 1957), American general in the US Air Force
- Rose Rand (1903–1980), Austrian-American logician and philosopher
- Sally Rand (1904–1979), American dancer and actress
- Scott Rand (rower) (* 1968), Canadian rower
- Scott Rand (dart player) (* 1975), English dart player
- Taavi Rand (* 1992), Estonian ice dancer
- Tom Rand , British costume designer
- William Rand (track and field athlete) (1886-1981), American hurdler
- William H. Rand (1828–1915), American map publisher
RAND is an abbreviation for:
- Term from contract law, see FRAND
- RAND Corporation , American think tank
See also:
- marginal
- Edge
- Alpenostrand
- Eastern edge of the Danube and Schwarzach valleys between Marbach and Riedlingen
- Emigrants
- Margins
- Rant
Wiktionary: Rand - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
