Race

Race

Race may refer to:

General

* Racing competitions
** The Race (yachting race), or "La course du millénaire", a no-rules round-the-world sailing event
* Race (biology), classification of flora and fauna
* Race (classification of human beings)
* Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, official definitions of "race" used by the US Census Bureau
* Race and genetics, notion of racial classifications based on genetics.
* Historical definitions of race
* Race (bearing), the inner and outer rings of a rolling-element bearing.
* RACE in molecular biology "Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends"
* Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
* A channel directing water to a mill or other hydraulic power conversion facility.

urnames

*Eleanor Race, a field hockey player from the United States
*Harley Race, an American wrestler
*Hugo Race, an Australian rock musician and record producer
*John Abner Race, an American politician
*John Burton Race, a chef
*Reg Race, a British Labour party politician

Television

* "The Race" (Seinfeld episode), an episode of the TV series "Seinfeld"
* "The Race" (Joe 90 episode), the 19th episode of "Joe 90"
* "The Race" (TV series), a Sky One TV series
* "Race" (film), a 2008 Bollywood film

Music

* The Race (band), a UK-based indie rock band
* The Race (Yello song), a song by Yello

Literature

* Race (fantasy), types of sentient creatures in fantasy
* The Race (Worldwar), a fictional alien race of invaders in the "Worldwar" and "Colonization" novels of Harry Turtledove
* Colonel Race, a character in several novels by Agatha Christie

Video games

* "Race - The Official WTCC Game", PC simulation of "World Touring Cars Championship"

ee also

*RACE, disambiguation


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  • Race — Race, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. r[=ae]s a rush, running; akin to Icel. r[=a]s course, race. [root]118.] 1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression. [1913 Webster] 2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • race — RACE. s. f. coll. Lignée, lignage, extraction, tous ceux qui viennent d une mesme famille. Il est d une bonne race, d une race illustre, ancienne. il sort, il vient d une noble race, d une race de gens de bien, il est de la race royale. les trois …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Race — Race, n. [F. race; cf. Pr. & Sp. raza, It. razza; all from OHG. reiza line, akin to E. write. See {Write}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • RACE — ist der Name von: Harley Race (* 1943), US amerikanischer Wrestler, Trainer und Promoter Hugo Race, australischer Musiker John Abner Race (1914–1983), US amerikanischer Politiker Race als Begriff steht für: kritischer Wettlauf von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • race — 1 Race, nation, people, even though in technical use they are commonly differentiated, are often used popularly and interchangeably to designate one of a number of great divisions of mankind, each made up of an aggregate of persons who are… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • race — I noun ancestry, birth, breed, class, cultural group, culture, descent, ethnic group, ethnic stock, extraction, family, folk, genealogy, genus, group, kind, line, parentage, people, phylum, stem, stirps, stock, strain associated concepts:… …   Law dictionary

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