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A vehicle is a mechanical means of conveyance, such as a carriage or automobile. It may also refer to:
A vehicle is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles, railed vehicles, watercraft, amphibious vehicles, aircraft and spacecraft.
- Vahana, the Hindu term for a vehicle animal closely associated with a particular deity
- Star vehicle, a production primarily aimed at enhancing an actor's career
- Vehicle (The Ides of March album)
- "Vehicle" (song), the title track by The Ides of March
"Vehicle" is a song recorded by American rock band The Ides of March for their debut studio album of the same name (1970). The song was released as the lead single from the album in March 1970 through Warner Bros. Records. It was written by vocalist and frontman Jim Peterik about a girl that often used him for his mode of transportation, leading Peterik to surmise that he was little more than her "vehicle". The song has a distinctive horn section riff, often mistaken for the band Blood, Sweat and Tears, who were also popular in that era.
- Vehicle (The Clean album)
- Braitenberg vehicles, simple machines conceived by Valentino Braitenberg for a thought experiment in artificial intelligence
- In paint manufacturing, the substance in which the coloring pigment is suspended
- In pharmaceutics, Vehicle is a carrier of a medicinally active substance
- In law, a legal personality such as a corporation, with similar legal rights to a living person
Vahana denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle. In this capacity, the vahana is often called the deity's "mount". Upon the partnership between the deity and his vahana is woven much iconography and mythology. Deities are often depicted riding the vahana. Other times, the vahana is depicted at the deity's side or symbolically represented as a divine attribute. The vahana may be considered an accoutrement of the deity: though the vahana may act independently, they are still functionally emblematic or even syntagmatic of their "rider". The deity may be seen sitting or standing on the vahana. They may be sitting on a small platform called a howdah, or riding on a saddle or bareback. Vah in Sanskrit means to carry or to transport.
In the motion picture industry, a star vehicle is a film written or produced for a specific star, regardless of whether the motive is to further their career or simply to profit from their current popularity. It is designed to optimally display that star's particular talents or personal appeal. The term is also applied to stage plays and television programs. In some cases, a performer may produce their own star vehicle as self-promotion or a vanity project.
Vehicle is the debut studio album by The Ides of March, released in 1970. The single and title of the album, "Vehicle", became the fastest selling single in Warner's history.
