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Generally, rank is a system of hierarchy used to classify like things. Top Ten lists are a common way to list prioritized ranks (usually as a subset of a larger pool of possibilities). Rank can refer to:
- Military rank
- Police rank
- Fire service rank [1] (http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/rank_structure.asp)
- Ranks of nobility and peerage
- Academic rank
- Church rank
- J. Arthur Rank
- Otto Rank
- Rank (band)
- Rank, a live album by The Smiths.
- Rank order
- Social rank
- Rank (mathematics):
- Rank (linear algebra, matrix theory)
- Rank of a tensor
- Rank of an array
- Rank of an abelian group
- Rank (set theory)
- Rank-into-rank
- Rank of a greedoid (maximum size of a feasible set)
- Rank Organisation
- Go rank
In a pipe organ, a rank of pipes is a set tuned to a chromatic scale, and used together to play that scale. A stop may consist of one or more ranks.
In slang, rank may refer to something foul or unplesant - Normally associated with smell.
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