RACE

(anthropology) A distinctive human type possessing characteristic traits that are transmissible by descent. Descendants of a common ancestor.
(biology) An infraspecific taxonomic group of organisms, such as subspecies or microspecies. A fixed variety or breed.
(design engineering) Either of the concentric pair of steel rings of a ball bearing or roller bearing.
(engineering) A channel transporting water to or away from hydraulic machinery, as in a power house.
(oceanography) A rapid current, or a constricted channel in which such a current flows; the term is usually used only in connection with a tidal current, which may be called a tide race.

RACE can refer to:

• RACE (racing academy), the Racing Academy & Centre Of Education in Kildare, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland.
• RACE (Europe), Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe
• RACE (container), Railways of Australia Container Express, a slightly wider version than the ISO shipping container
• RACE (automobile association), Spanish equivalent of the AAA
• Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends, a molecular biology technique
• Race - The Official WTCC Game (trademarked RACE - The Official WTCC Game), a PC simulation of World Touring Cars Championship

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