Spar (disambiguation)
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A spar is a round pole of wood or metal, used on a sailing ship.
Spar may also refer to:
- Sparring, or practice fighting
- Spar (aviation), the main structural member of the wing, running lengthways across the span of the wing
- Spar (mineralogy), substances which easily break into rhomboidal, cubical, or laminated fragments with polished surfaces
- Spar (tree), in high lead logging, used to guide logs and facilitate logging in difficult terrain
- Spar Aerospace, the company that made the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator
- Spar, a large cylindrical floating structure deployed in deep waters for oil or gas exploration
SPAR or SPARS may refer to:
- SPAR (platform), a type of floating oil platform
- SPAR, a convenience store
- SPARS, the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve
- Society of Professional Audio Recording Services the acronym of The Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
- SPARS Code, a three-letter code on some Compact Disc recordings, telling what type of tape recorder was used in the recording process
- Spatial Pattern Analysis and Research, a form of spatial analysis
- Special Air Resources, a US military aircraft that transport civilian VIP and military senior officers
- Special Program of Assisted Reproduction, a fertility program for HIV infected males