Ladder (disambiguation)

A ladder is a runged climbing aid.

Ladder, The Ladder, or Ladders may also refer to:

Art, entertainment and media

Film and television

• "Ladders" (Community), the first episode of the sixth season of the sitcom Community
• Ladders, a 2004 documentary narrated by Harry Belafonte
• The Ladder, a mythical burning ladder that is a Meyerism cornerstone and the theme of Cal Roberts's motivational practice in The Path (TV series)

Games

• Ladder (Go), a formation in the game of Go
• Ladder (video game), a clone of Donkey Kong, written for the CP/M operating system

Music

• Ladders (band), an American band
• The Ladder (band), a British band
  • The Ladder EP, a 2008 extended play by the British band The Ladder
• The Ladder (album), a 1999 album by Yes
• The Ladder, a 2010 album by Andrew Belle
• "Ladders", a song by Leona Lewis from her 2015 album I Am
• "Ladders", a song by Mac Miller song from his 2018 album Swimming
• "The Ladder", song by John Zorn from The Art of Memory (album)
• "The Ladder", a song by Prince on his 1985 album Around the World in a Day

Publications

• The Ladder, by Halfdan Rasmussen
• The Ladder (magazine), a US publication for lesbians

Career-related

• Ladder, a career path and reference to organizational and industry hierarchy
• TheLadders, a careers website

Finance

• Ladder (option combination), a combination of three options
• Ladder (exotic option), a type of exotic option

Science and technology

• Cosmic distance ladder, the usage of multiple measurement methods for determining distance to celestial objects
• DNA ladder, a molecular-weight size marker used in gel electrophoresis
• Ladder frame, a vehicle frame type
• Ladder logic, a philosophy of drawing electrical logic schematics
• Ladder operator, a mathematical entity used in quantum mechanics
• Resistor ladder, an analogue circuit

Sports

• Ladder tournament, a type of game or sports tournament
• League table or ladder, a chart or table which compares sports teams, or other entities, by ranking them in order of ability or achievement

Other uses

• Ladder, a vertical split in the fabric of a pair of tights (in UK terminology; "a run in pantyhose" is the US equivalent)
• Jacob's Ladder, a "ladder to heaven" described by biblical Jacob in the Book of Genesis
• Laddering, an investment technique
• Wittgenstein's Ladder, also called Lie-to-children

See also

• Jacob's Ladder (disambiguation)