Mount Explained
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
- Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
- Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England
- Mounts, Indiana, a community in Gibson County, Indiana, United States
People
Computing and software
- Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible
- Mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems
Displays and equipment
- Mount, a fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe
- Mounting board, in picture framing
- Mount, a hanging scroll for mounting paintings
- Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore, e.g.:
- To pin a biological specimen, on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or display
- To prepare dead animals for display in taxidermy
- Lens mount, an interface used to fix a lens to a camera
- Mounting, placing a cover slip on a specimen on a microscopic slide
- Telescope mount, a device used to support a telescope
- Weapon mount, equipment used to secure an armament
- Picture mount
Sports
- Mount (grappling), a grappling position
- Mount, to board an apparatus used for gymnastics, such as a balance beam
Other uses
- Mount, in copulation, the union of the sex organs in mating
- Mount, a riding animal
- Mount, or Vahana, an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology
- Mount, to add butter to a sauce in order to thicken it, as with beurre monté
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