Trap

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Trap or Traps may refer to:

• Trap (tactic), a device or tactic intended to catch an intruder, enemy, error, or substance

Science

Biology

• Ecological trap
• Evolutionary trap
• Perceptual trap
• Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation.
• Thrombin receptor activating peptide
• Thyroid Hormone Receptor-associated Proteins, a transcriptional coactivator

• TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome, the cutaneous condition tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome

• TNF-related activation protein, also known as CD40 ligand.

• Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter, a family of prokaryotic solute transporters.
• trp RNA-binding attenuation protein, a RNA-binding protein regulating the biosynthetis of tryptophan
• Twin reversed arterial perfusion, a twin pregnancy abnormality

Geology

• Sediment trap (geology)
• Structural trap (in petroleum geology)
• Trap basalt, a type of rock formation
• Trap rock, a fine-grained, dark-colored igneous rock

Physics

• Magnetic trap (disambiguation), various meanings, in physics

Technology

• Trap (car), a secret compartment in an automobile
• Trap (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage
• Trap (computing), a code or signal designed to capture errors and reveal where they are
• Trap (plumbing), a U-shaped pipe located below a drain; also called a water seal
• Trap (printing), a commercial printing technique to overcome registration problems
• TRAP (processor instruction)
• Deep-level trap, a crystalline defect in a semiconductor material
• Ink trap, a feature of some typefaces that are spaces where printing ink can accumulate

People

• Giovanni Trapattoni (born 1939), Italian association football coach and former player also known as sometimes known as "Trap" or "Il Trap"

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

• Traps (1994 film), Australian film directed by Pauline Chan
• Trap (2015 film), a Filipino film
• A Trap, a 1997 Polish film

Games

• Trap (poker), a poker strategy

Literature

• Trap (novel), a 1966 novel by Peter Mathers

Music

Genres

• Trap music, a genre of music

Works

• Trap (Dead Man Ray album), 2000
• Trap (Henry Lau album)
  • "Trap" (Henry Lau song) (feat. Taemin and Kyuhyun)
• Traps (album), a 2012 album by Jaill

Television

• Traps (TV series), an American police drama

Theater

• Trap room, a part of a theater

Sports

• Bat and trap, an old game related to cricket
• Neutral zone trap, an ice hockey defensive strategy
• Trap run, an American football play
• Trap shooting, a form of competitive clay pigeon shooting

• Triathlon Association of the Philippines, the governing body for the sports of triathlon in the Philippines.

Locations

• Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales
• Deccan Traps, a large igneous province located on the Deccan Plateau of west-central India and one of the largest volcanic features on Earth
• Emeishan Traps, a large igneous province in southwestern China, centered in Sichuan province
• Paraná and Etendeka traps, a dismembered large igneous province in Brazil and Angola/Namibia
• Siberian Traps, a large igneous province in Russia, roughly equal to western Europe in land area

Other

• Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, a U.S. military term for a rescue mission to retrieve a downed aircraft
• TRAP law ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers"), a type of legislation used to restrict abortion providers
• Thought to be a Pejorative term for transgender and transexual people, often used to describe men who look the same as a woman. See Passing (gender)
• Slang for crack house

See also

• Ambush
• "It's a Trap!"
• Sand trap (disambiguation)
• Trapdoor
• Trapezius muscle
• The Trap (disambiguation)
• Trapped (disambiguation)
• Trapper (disambiguation)
• Trapping (disambiguation)