Mark (disambiguation)
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Mark may refer to:
Christianity
- Curse and mark of Cain, Cain's inability to cultivate crops and the necessity that he led a nomadic lifestyle
- Gospel of Mark, one of the books of the Bible, and the apocryphal Secret Gospel of Mark
- Mark the Evangelist (Saint Mark)
- Mark of the Beast, a sign or number mentioned in the Book of Revelation
- St Mark's Basilica, the most famous of the churches of Venice and an example of Byzantine architecture
Currency
- German gold mark, coinage of the German Empire from 1873 to 1914
- German Papiermark, German coinage from 1914 to 1924
- Rentenmark, German temporary currency 1923 to 1924
- German Reichsmark, German coinage from 1924 to 1948
- Deutsche Mark, official currency of Germany from 1948 to 2001
- East German Mark, official currency of the German Democratic Republic from 1948 to 1990
- Polish marka, Polish currency from 1917 to 1924
- Mark (money), a unit of currency in various countries
- Finnish markka, mark in Swedish, official currency of Finland from 1860 to 2001
Geography
- Mark, or marches, the border territory of a country
- County of Mark, a county of the Holy Roman Empire
- Mark (Dender), a river in Belgium, tributary of the Dender
- Mark (Dintel) a river in Belgium and the Netherlands, also known as the Dintel
- Mark Hundred in Sweden
- Mark Municipality in Sweden
- Mark, Somerset, a village in Somerset, United Kingdom
- Mark, Illinois, a village in the United States
Catching a ball
In both Australian rules football and rugby union, a clean catch from a kick by another player results in a free kick. See:
Technology
- Harvard Mark I, the first large-scale automatic digital computer in the USA
- Mark (designation), level of development
- Mark frequency, extreme discrete value of frequency-shift keying
Measurement
- Mark (weight), an archaic European unit of weight whose use for precious metal gave rise to the currencies
Business
- Service mark, trademark used to identify a service rather than a product
- Trade mark, distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services
Mythology
- Mark of Cornwall, a figure from Arthurian legend
Other
- Beauty mark, dark mole on the face or other part of the body that is considered to be attractive
- Diacritical mark, mark added to a letter to alter a word's pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words
- Mark of Rohan, fictional realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth. See also Marches.
- Mark, a grade awarded to students' work
- Mark (victim), the victim of a con game or an assassination
- Merchant's Mark
- Sea mark, pilotage aid which identifies the approximate position of a maritime channel, hazard and administrative area
- Mark Scheme, Guide used to grade assignments submitted to the IB Program
- Markedness, a linguistic term
- Tread mark, a mark left by a tire tread
- Mark (given name), a given name to a person. The name comes from Latin roots meaning "defender"