Skeleton (disambiguation)
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A skeleton is a biological system providing support in a living organism.
Skeleton or skeletons may also refer to:
Science and computers
- Human skeleton, human anatomy
- Skeletonization (forensics), refers to the complete decomposition of the non-bony tissues of a corpse, leading to a bare skeleton
- n-skeleton, the subcomplex of a simplicial complex or CW complex consisting of all faces of or below a certain dimension
- Skeleton (category theory), in mathematics, every category has a skeleton in which no two distinct objects are isomorphic
- Skeleton (computer programming), a style of computer programming
- Algorithmic skeleton, a style of parallel programming based on simple high-level patterns
- Skeletal animation, a computer technique used to animate 3D characters
- Topological skeleton, a digital image processing technique used to detect objects and regions within images
- Morphological skeleton in digital image processing
- Class skeleton, an outline of a class used in software engineering
- Skeletal formula, in chemistry, the skeletal structure or skeleton of a molecule
- Straight skeleton, in geometry, is a method of representing a polygon
- Skeletonizer, a common name for several species of moth
Music
- Skeletons (band), a New York-based indie rock group also known as Skeletons and the Girl-Faced Boys and Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities
Albums
- Skeleton (Figurines album), 2005
- Skeleton (Abe Vigoda album), 2008
- Skeletons (Seven Story Drop album), the second album by American alternative rock band Seven Story Drop
- Skeletons (Nothingface album), 2003
- Skeletons (Wednesday 13 album), 2008
- Skeletons (Hawthorne Heights album), 2010
Songs
- "Skeletons" (Stevie Wonder song), a 1987 song by Stevie Wonder from Characters
- "Skeletons" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs song), a 2010 song by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from It's Blitz!
- "Skeleton", a song by Bloc Party from their 2004 EP Little Thoughts
- "The Skeleton", a song by Quasi from their 1999 album Field Studies
Televisions and Films
- "Skeletons" (CSI: Miami), an episode from season 4 of the American crime drama CSI: Miami
- "Skeletons", an episode of the fourth season of NCIS
- Skeletons (1996 film) a 1996 film starring Christopher Plummer
- Skeletons (film), a 2010 film by Nick Whitfield
- Skeletons (1997 film), a television film by David DeCoteau
- The Skeleton, a fictional character from the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes
Other
- Skeleton (Dungeons & Dragons), an undead creature from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game
- Skeleton (undead), in fantasy, an undead, animated skeleton
- Skeleton (Guitar Hero), a playable character in the Xbox 360 version of the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour
- Skeleton key, a type of key
- Skeleton watch, a type of watch where the gearing is visible
- Skeleton crew or staff, a reduced number of staff working off-hours or during a labour strike
- Skeleton (sport) (or tobogganing), a fast winter sliding sport
- Skeleton Creek (disambiguation)
- Skeleton suit, a 19th-century fashion in boys' clothing
- Skeleton in the closet (idiom), an undisclosed negative fact about someone
- Skeleton as a supportive framework or basic structure of a building or of a report or the like
See also
- Exoskeleton, an exterior skeleton
- Endoskeleton, an interior skeleton
- Hydroskeleton
- Cytoskeleton
- Lich, sometimes mistaken as a normal skeleton
- Skelethon, an album by Aesop Rock