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Mount is often used as part of the name of specific
mountains , e.g.
Mount Everest .
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
Mount, Cornwall , a village in Warleggan parish, England
Mount, Perranzabuloe , a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England
Mounts, Indiana , a community in Gibson County, Indiana, United States
People
Computing and software
Mount (computing) , the process of making a file system accessible
Mount (Unix) , the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems
Displays and equipment
Mount, a fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a
hardpoint on an airframe
Mounting board , in picture framing
Mount, a
hanging scroll for mounting paintings
Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as
foamcore , e.g.:
To pin a
biological specimen , on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or display
To prepare dead animals for display in
taxidermy
Lens mount , an interface used to fix a lens to a camera
Mounting, placing a
cover slip on a specimen on a microscopic slide
Telescope mount , a device used to support a telescope
Weapon mount , equipment used to secure an armament
Picture mount
Sports
Other uses
Mount, in
copulation , the union of the sex organs in mating
Mount, a
riding animal
Mount, or
Vahana , an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in
Hindu mythology
Mount, to add butter to a sauce in order to thicken it, as with
beurre monté
See also
Topics referred to by the same term