What is "razor"

Razor \Ra"zor\ (r[=a]"z[~e]r), n. [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]

1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head; also called a straight razor. ``Take thee a barber's razor.''
   --Ezek. v. 1.

2. a device used for shaving, having a replaceable blade with a very sharp edge; also called safety razor. Also a similar device, made of plastic, in which the blade is neither replaceable nor can be sharpened, intended to be discarded after the blade dulls -- called a disposable razor.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A tusk of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. A small Mediterranean fish ( Coryph[ae]na novacula), prized for the table.

   2. The razor shell.

      Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant ( Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth.

      Razor grinder (Zo["o]l.), the European goat-sucker.

      Razor shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen ensis (or Ensatella ensis), and Solen Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also razor clam, razor fish, knife handle.

      Razor stone. Same as Novaculite.

      Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.

late 13c., from Old French raseor "a razor" (12c.), from raser "to scrape, shave" (see rase). Razor clam (1835, American English) so called because its shell resembles an old folding straight-razor. Razor-edge figurative of sharpness or a fine surface from 1680s.\n

n. 1 A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shave the hair from the face or other parts of the body. 2 Any tool or instrument designed for shaving. 3 The sharp tusk of a wild boar. 4 (context philosophy English) A conceptual device that allows one to shave away unlikely explanations for a phenomenon. vb. (context transitive English) To cut with a razor.

n. edge tool used in shaving

v. shave with a razor

A razor is a bladed tool primarily used in the removal of unwanted body hair through the act of shaving. Kinds of razors include straight razors, disposable razor, and electric razors.

While the razor has been in existence since before the Bronze Age (the oldest razor-like object has been dated to 18,000 B.C.), its modern counterpart was invented in the 18th century, and the 1930s saw the invention of electric razors. In the 21st century, the safety razor – electric or not – is most commonly used by both men and women, but other kinds still exist.

The Razor scooter is a compact folding Kick scooter invented by Micro Mobility Systems and manufactured by JD Corporation. The first Razor scooter was distributed by The Sharper Image in 1999 and became extremely popular around 2000 when Dan Green landed the first Backflip ever. Today, The Razor Scooter is manufactured by Razor USA, based in Cerritos, California. Besides its primary use as a toy for the young, it is also used for sports and utility purposes.

A razor is either a bladed tool or a rule used to remove unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

Razor may also refer to:

"Razor" is a short story by the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov. It was first published (as Britva) in the expatriate Russian literary magazine Rul' in 1926, but a French translation did not appear until 1991, and an English one (by Dmitri Nabokov, the writer's son) not until 1995.

Razor is a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1984 at Guelph, Ontario. The group shot music videos for songs such as "Evil Invaders", "Shotgun Justice", "American Luck", and "Sucker for Punishment". The band dissolved in 1992, but reformed in the late 1990s to record another album, titled Decibels, in 1997.

The band are currently planning to record another studio album. Guitarist and primary songwriter Dave Carlo has been the only permanent member in the band's 30-year history.

Razor were featured on the 2005 "The Gates of Hell Tour". They also headlined the 2009 "Headbangers Open Air" festival in Germany in July 2009. In the United States and Canada they have toured with well-known acts such as Slayer, Motörhead and Venom. In February 2011 Razor headlined the "True Thrash Festival" in Osaka, Japan. A DVD of this performance was released in Japan in February 2012. In Canada, they last appeared at a charity event in Toronto on June 21 2014.

On April 19, 2012, guitarist Dave Carlo was diagnosed with stage 2 oral cancer. He was successfully treated and is planning on playing live with Razor in 2015. The band played at the 2015 Maryland Deathfest and is scheduled to play at the 2016 California Deathfest among other shows.

The band has also signed a deal to release Violent Restitution, Shotgun Justice and Open Hostility through Relapse Records.

In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate ("shave off") unlikely explanations for a phenomenon.

Razors include:

• Occam's razor: When faced with competing hypotheses, select the one that makes the fewest assumptions. Do not multiply entities without necessity.
• Grice's razor: As a principle of parsimony, conversational implications are to be preferred over semantic context for linguistic explanations.
• Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

• Hume's razor: "If the cause, assigned for any effect, be not sufficient to produce it, we must either reject that cause, or add to it such qualities as will give it a just proportion to the effect."

• Hitchens's razor: "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
• Alder's razor (or Newton's flaming laser sword): If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation then it is not worthy of debate.
• Popper's falsifiability principle: For a theory to be considered scientific, it must be falsifiable.

Razor is a pyramidal mountain in the Julian Alps and the sixth-highest mountain in Slovenia. First ascended by Otto Sendtner in 1842, it is now frequently ascended, with numerous mountain huts available for climbers.

Razor is a fictional character from the London Night Studios series Razor. She was introduced in Razor #1 in October 1992, in her own self-titled comic book by writer/creator Everette Hartsoe.

Razor is an integrated suite software configuration management system from Visible Systems, which provides process management, issue/problem tracking, version control, and release management.

Razor can run on Windows, NT, Unix, Linux, or Motif environments. It was developed as an integrated product to support Integrated Development Environment for IBM Visual Age, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET, Rational Rose, and PowerBuilder.

Razor or The Razor is the nickname of:

• Junior Farzan Ali (born 1980), Fijian boxer and WBF Asia Pacific lightweight champion
• Sergiy Dzinziruk (born 1976), Ukrainian boxer and former WBO Super Welterweight champion
• Daryl Reaugh (born 1965), ice hockey color commentator
• Donovan Ruddock (born 1963), Canadian retired heavyweight boxer
• Neil Ruddock (born 1968), English retired footballer
• Jim "Razor" Sharp (born 1965), retired professional bull rider
• Noel 'Razor' Smith (born 1960), English writer and criminal
• William Charles Razor Smith (1877–1946), English cricketer