Uplift

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Uplift may refer to:

Science

Geology

• Orogeny, also known as geologic uplift, a mountain-building process that takes place at a convergent plate margin
• Tectonic uplift, the geologic uplift of Earth's surface attributed to plate tectonics
• Uplift mountains, the result of orogeny
• Llano Uplift, a geologic dome in Texas, United States
• Nemaha Uplift, or Nemaha Ridge, a buried structural zone in the central United States

Astrophysics

• Star lifting, also known as stellar uplift, the theoretical prospect of moving a stellar mass

Business

• Uplift factor, or simply "uplift", adjustments to employee benefits
• Uplift modelling, in marketing campaigns, the difference in response rate between a treated group and a randomized control group
• Uplift enterprise computer access to heightened security protocols.

Entertainment

• Uplift (science fiction), upgrading the capacities of a species or a civilization
  • Uplift Universe, the setting for a series of novels by David Brin
• Uplifting trance, a musical genre similar to progressive trance
• "Uplift", a song by Pantera from their 2000 album Reinventing the Steel
• The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, a 1987 album by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Other uses

• Uplift Community High School, Chicago, Illinois, US
• Racial uplift, concept in African American cultural history

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