plural of lifting gas

present participle of lift off

(India) grand theft auto; stealing a car

plural of lifting agent

plural of lifting shop

(rail transport) A workshop where vehicles are lifted off their bogies for maintenance work to be carried out.

present participle of lift the bar

(number theory) A lemma used to calculate the p-adic order of differences and sums of perfect powers.

(mathematics) A theorem in operator theory, stating that, if T is a contraction on a Hilbert space H, and U is its minimal unitary dilation acting on some Hilbert space K, and R is an operator on H commuting with T, then there is an operator S on K commuting with U such that RTⁿ=P_HSUⁿ|_H;∀n≥0, and ‖S‖=‖R‖. In other words, an operator from the commutant of T can be "lifted" to an operator in the commutant of the unitary dilation of T.

(figuratively, chiefly in the negative) To make minimal effort; to help as little as possible. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lift, finger.