Uplift

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Uplift may refer to:

Science[edit]

Geology[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

Business[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Other uses[edit]