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Mark can refer to the following:

  • "A mark" is a Point typically used within the context of a Measurement . The term " Mark Twain " (hence the name) referred to a simple measurement of water depth using a rope.



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BIBLE

  • Tau is an ancient symbolic equivalent for the word "mark"

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MEASUREMENT AND CURRENCY



GEOGRAPHY

  • Marks, Mississippi , a town in the United States

  • Mark Municipality , a municipality in Westrogothia, Sweden

  • Mark Hundred , a former hundred (an administrative division) in Westrogothia, Sweden

  • Mark (county) , a former state in Westphalia, part of the Holy Roman Empire

  • Marches , or a mark or march, also called a Margravate , a border territory of a country, mainly used in the Holy Roman Empire

  • --- the Mark Brandenburg or the Mark for short, an area in Germany, formerly a mark of the Holy Roman Empire

  • --- the Mark of Britain, an obsolete name for Brittany

  • Mark (Dintel) , a river in the Netherlands and Belgium

  • Mark (Dender) or Marcq, a village and a river in Belgium

  • Mark, Somerset , a village in the United Kingdom

  • Marcq , several towns in Belgium and France



LITERATURE AND LEGEND

  • Mark Of Cornwall , a king of Cornwall in Arthurian legend

  • "The Mark", colloquial name for the fictional land of the Riddermark, Rohan in J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''. The name was probably taken from the meaning "borderland"



TECHNOLOGY



SPORT


Football codes

  • in Australian Rules Football , a Mark (Australian Football) is a "clean" catch from a kick by another player, resulting in a Free Kick to the catcher

  • In Rugby Union , a player can only ''make the mark'' when they catch a high ball inside their own 22 metre or in-goal area. As they catch the ball they shout ''MARK'' at the top of their voice. If they catch the ball cleanly, the referee will give that player a free-kick on the spot where they caught the ball

  • To mark in Football (soccer) (association football) is to have a player follow an opposing striker or other prominent player, and attempt to prevent them getting control of the ball and/or scoring

  • Sailing

  • A mark in sailing is a permanent or temporary Buoy that marks the course in a yacht race. It is illegal for a boat to touch any mark on the racecourse



OTHER USES

  • Mark (victim) , the victim of a con game or an assassination

  • Mark (professional Wrestling) , a professional wrestling fan who believes what they see is legitimate

  • mark, in law, short for Trademark or Service Mark

  • mark, the sign an illiterate signatory of legal documents can make in place of a written signature, usually in the form of an "X"

  • mark, a Grade (education) awarded to students' work, used especially in Commonwealth English