Arrow (disambiguation)
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An arrow is a projectile launched from a bow.
Arrow or Arrows may also refer to:
Symbols
[edit]Places
[edit]- Arrow, Kentucky
- Arrow, Warwickshire, England
- Arrow River (New Zealand)
- River Arrow, Wales
- River Arrow, Worcestershire, England
Menschen
[edit]- Arrow (musician) (1949–2010), calypso and soca musician
- Arrows Fitz (born 1989), American model, vlogger, television personality, and film producer
- Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948), English entomologist
- Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017), American economist, joint winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Economics
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Fictional entities
[edit]- Arrow (comics), a superhero character, first appearing in 1938
- The Arrow, a fictional location, the first Dharma Initiative station in the television series Lost
- Arrow, a character from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie.
Music
[edit]Groups and labels
[edit]- Arrows (Australian band), indie rock band established 2006
- Arrows (British band), 1970s Anglo-American glam rock-pop band
- Delphian Complex, UK alternative band now known as Arrows
- The Arrow (band), Russian heavy metal band
- The Arrows (Canadian band), a 1980s new wave band
- The Arrows, a South African indie rock band
- The Arrows, the backing group of guitarist Davie Allan
Albums
[edit]- Arrow (Heartless Bastards album), 2012
- Arrows (Stonegard album), 2006
- Arrows (The Lonely Forest album), 2011
Songs
[edit]- "Arrow" (Gackt song), 2015
- "Arrow", a song by Candlebox from their eponymous debut album Candlebox
- "Arrows" (song), 2014 song by Fences featuring Macklemore and produced by Ryan Lewis
- "Arrows", a song by Fireworks from their 2011 album Gospel
Periodicals
[edit]- The Arrow (newspaper), an Australian newspaper published between 1896 and 1933
- The Arrow, a British newsletter in the 1930s, edited in 1939 by Frederick Augustus Voigt
Radio
[edit]- Arrow (radio format), playing 1970s era classic rock
- 90.7 Arrow Jazz FM, Dutch jazz radio station
- 94.5 The Arrow, Florida radio station, see WARO
- 91.9 The Arrow, New York radio station, see WSHR
- Arrow Classic Rock, Dutch rock radio station
- Arrow FM (Hastings), UK
- The Arrow (radio), a former digital radio station in the United Kingdom
Television
[edit]- Arrow (TV series), a 2012 television series about the fictional comic book superhero, Green Arrow
- Arrows (TV series), the Arrows pop band's 1976-7 weekly ITV TV series
- The Arrow (miniseries), a 1996 Canadian television miniseries
- "Arrow" (Smallville), an episode of the TV series Smallville
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Arrow Books, an imprint of Random House
- War of the Arrows, or Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon, a 2011 South Korean film
Brands and enterprises
[edit]- Arrow (liqueur), a brand of alcoholic beverage
- Arrow (motorcycle part manufacturer), Arrow Special Parts, an Italian motorcycle exhaust manufacturer
- Arrow, a brand of shirts and collars made notable in the early 20th century in ads with The Arrow Collar Man
- Arrow Air, airline
- Arrow Aircraft and Motors, an American aircraft manufacturer of the 1920s and 1930s
- Arrow Aircraft Ltd., a British aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s
- Arrow Dynamics, an American roller coaster manufacturer, extant 1943–2002
- Arrow Electronics, an American electronics company founded in 1935
- Arrow Films, an independent UK film distributor
- Arrow Film Corporation, a US silent film studio
- Arrow SNC, an Italian aircraft engine manufacturer
Computing
[edit]- Arrow (computer science), a more general interface to computation than monads
- Arrows (Unicode block), a Unicode block containing line, curve, and semicircle symbols terminating in barbs or arrows
- Apache Arrow, a framework for data analytics applications
Physics
[edit]- Arrow of time, a physics concept
- ARROW waveguide, an anti-resonant reflecting optical waveguide
Transport
[edit]Aircraft
[edit]- Avro Arrow, a prototype Canadian supersonic fighter-interceptor cancelled in 1959
- FreeX Arrow, a German paraglider design
- Dornier Do 335, an experimental Nazi heavy fighter
- Piper PA-28, "Arrow", a retractable gear variant of the Piper Aircraft PA-28 "Cherokee"
- Spartan Arrow, a 1930s British biplane
- Thorp Arrow, an American light aircraft design
Automobiles
[edit]- Whitmore Arrow, a 1914 cyclecar from Detroit, Michigan
- Arrows Grand Prix International, a former Formula One racing team
- Rootes Arrow, a range of cars from the British Rootes Group from 1967 to 1976, commonest being the Hillman Hunter
- Pierce-Arrow, an American automobile
- Plymouth Arrow, a Chrysler import, 1976–1980
- Project Arrow, a Canadian electric vehicle project
- Apollo Arrow, a German sports car concept
Missiles and rockets
[edit]- Arrow (missile family), an Israeli anti-ballistic missile system
- Arrow (Russian missile), an air-to-air missile
- "Arrow" or Strela (rocket), Russian orbital launch rocket
Rail
[edit]- Amtrak Arrow Reservation System, used by Amtrak employees for passenger train reservations
- Arrow (rail service), a commuter rail service in San Bernardino County, California, United States
- Arrow (MILW train), an American Midwestern route that ran until the mid-1960s
- Arrow (railcar), a railroad car of the Pennsylvania Railroad
- IE 2600 Class, also known as Arrow, a railcar of Irish Rail
- IE 2700 Class, also known as Arrows, a railroad car of Iarnród Éireann
Ships
[edit]- Arrow (barque), built in 1902 for the Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd.
- Arrow, a New Zealand company sailing ship, the first enter Nelson Harbour, New Zealand
- Arrow, a Chinese-owned lorcha, whose detainment triggered the Second Opium War
- The Arrow Incident, a diplomatic crisis in 1856 that led to the Arrow War, better known as the Second Opium War
- HMS Arrow, seven ships of the British Royal Navy and one of the Royal Australian Navy
- MS Arrow, a Seatruck Ferries ship
Mathematics
[edit]- Arrow, the lower limit topology on the real line
- Arrow, representing a morphism, linking objects in category theory
Other uses
[edit]- Arrow information paradox, on trading information
- Arrow's impossibility theorem, on voting systems
- The arrow paradox, one of Zeno's paradoxes
- Arrow declaration, in UK patent litigation
- Dan Henry Arrows, another name for unique directional arrows for cycling routes
See also
[edit]- Arrow Creek (disambiguation)
- Arrow Lake (disambiguation)
- Arrow River (disambiguation)
- Arrowtown, New Zealand
- Black Arrow (disambiguation)
- Blue Arrow (disambiguation)
- Golden Arrow (disambiguation)
- Green Arrow (disambiguation)
- Pink Arrow (disambiguation)
- Red Arrow (disambiguation)
- River Arrow (disambiguation)
- Silver Arrow (disambiguation)
- White Arrow (disambiguation)
- Yellow Arrow (disambiguation)