Trap

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Trap or traps may refer to:

Science and technology

Mechanical devices

• Animal trapping, the use of a device to remotely catch an animal
  • Mousetrap
  • Bird trapping
  • Fish trap
  • Insect trap
• Mantrap (snare), a mechanical physical security device for catching poachers and trespassers
• Booby trap, a device intended to kill, harm or surprise a person, triggered by actions of the victim
• Trap (plumbing), a curved pipe below or within a plumbing fixture, used to prevent gases from escaping through drains

Biology, ecology, and medicine

Biochemistry

• Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation
• Thrombin receptor, an 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

Ecology

• Ecological trap, a scenario in which rapid environmental change leads organisms to settle in poor-quality habitats
• Evolutionary trap, with several related meanings
• Perceptual trap, a scenario in which environmental change leads an organism to avoid an otherwise high-quality habitat

Other uses in biology and medicine

• Twin reversed arterial perfusion, a twin pregnancy abnormality

Computing

• Trap (computing), a code or signal designed to capture errors and reveal where they are
• TRAP (processor instruction)

Economics and sociology

• Welfare trap, a phenomenon by which social policies interact to keep people dependent on welfare
• High level equilibrium trap, a concept used to explain why China never underwent an indigenous Industrial Revolution
• Liquidity trap, a concept in economics involving a stagnant economy and low interest rates

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
• Any of several large igneous provinces:
  • Deccan Traps, in west-central India
  • Emeishan Traps, in southwestern China
  • Paraná and Etendeka traps, dismembered large igneous province in Brazil and southwestern Africa
  • Siberian Traps, in eastern Russia

Physics and materials science

• Carrier trap, a type of defect in a semiconductor
• Chemical trap, a chemical compound usable for capturing an elusive molecule
• Deep-level trap, a crystalline defect in a semiconductor material
• Magnetic trap (disambiguation), with various meanings in physics
• Penning trap, used to store charged particles

Other technologies

• Trap (car), a secret compartment in an automobile
• Trap (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage
• 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
• Ink trap, a feature of some typefaces that are spaces where printing ink can accumulate

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film, television, and theatre

• Traps (TV series), an American police drama
• The Trap (1966 film), Canadian/UK, by Sidney Hayers
• Traps (1994 film), Australian, by Pauline Chan
• A Trap (1997), Polish
• Trap (2015 film), Filipino
• Trap room, a part of a theater

Gaming

• Trap (poker), a strategy
• Chess trap, a move intended to induce the opponent to blunder

Literature

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

Music

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

Sport

• Bat and trap, an old game related to cricket
• Neutral zone trap, a defensive strategy in ice hockey
• Sand trap, a type of hazard in golf
• 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
• Giovanni Trapattoni (born 1939), Italian association football coach and former player also known as sometimes known as "Trap" or "Il Trap"
• Starting Traps, the equipment (usually metal) that racing greyhounds start a race from

Tactics in intelligence and law enforcement

• Canary trap, a method for exposing an information leak
• Honey trap, a form of sting operation in law enforcement
• Speed trap, a tactic designed to catch speed limit violators, or a place where such a tactic is commonly used

Other uses

• Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales, UK
• Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, a U.S. military term for a rescue mission to retrieve a downed aircraft
• Treasury Relief Art Project, (1935-39), a New Deal art project
• TRAP law ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers"), a type of legislation used to restrict abortion providers
• Trap street, an intentionally incorrect street on a map, used to catch copyright violators
• "Trap" is a slang term (often considered offensive and/or bigoted) for a trans woman.

See also

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