Mount

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Mount may refer to:

Displays and equipment

Weapon mount, equipment used to secure an armament
A fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe
Hanging scroll for mounting paintings
The display of an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore
- Physically attaching a picture or a painting on to a support followed by framing with a picture frame.
- Pinning up biological specimen on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissecting or display.
Preservation methods used for display e.g. in a museum of fixed dead biological specimen which can be classified into wet or dry methods.
- Preparing dead animals for display in taxidermy
Mounting a coverslip on a specimen on a microscopic slide.
Telescope mount, a device used to support a telescope
Lens mount, an interface used to fix a lens to a camera

Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible
mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems
Mount (streaming), a concept used in streaming software programs

Mount (grappling), a grappling position
Mountain, a landform
Copulation, the union of the sex organs in mating
Riding animal, any animal that can be ridden
Vahana, also called a mount, an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology
Boarding an apparatus used for gymnastics, such as a balance beam
Adding butter to a sauce in order to thicken it, as with beurre monté