WEDGE

:''For a disambiguation of "The Wedge", see The Wedge.''
The term 'wedge' can refer to any of the following things:

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Concrete objects, natural phenomena, and organisations

People and characters

Abstract concepts

Concrete objects, natural phenomena, and organisations

★ Wedge (mechanical device), a simple machine used to separate two objects, or portions of objects, through the application of force.

★ Wedge (golf), a specialized type of club used at short ranges.

★ Wedge tornado, a tornado similar in shape to a Wedge (mechanical device).

★ A form of cold air damming, a weather phenomenon.

★ Wedge Card, a social enterprise started by the founder of ''The Big Issue'', John Bird to promote local business, shops and communities.

★ Wedge Community Co-op, a cooperative grocery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

★ Wedge Records, a record label

★ Potato wedges, large chunks of often unpeeled fried potatoes

★ Wedge (sandwich), a name for a hero sandwich, submarine sandwich, or hoagie in Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York, USA.[1]

★ A range of sports cars from British manufacturers TVR.

People and characters

★ A poker champion

★ Wedge Antilles, a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' films.

★ A recurring character in the ''Final Fantasy'' video game series (see Biggs and Wedge).

Abstract concepts

★ Wedge (geometry), a polyhedral solid defined by two triangles and three trapezoid faces.

★ Wedge product, a mathematical term related to the exterior algebra (or the Grassmann algebra) of a vector.

★ Wedge sum, in mathematics a "one-point union" of a family of topological spaces.

★ Wedge issue, a divisive issue used to split the support base of an opposing political group.

★ Wedge strategy, a Creationist political action plan.

★ Wedge Pressure, the pressure measured in a pulmonary artery.

★ In phonetics, a name for the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol, ʌ, representing the open-mid back unrounded vowel.