hans

n. male first name

Hans may refer to:Hans (surname), a Jatt surname from Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. Being most commonly found within Germany, it is one of four Punjabi surnames that are unique in that aspect: Hans, Gill, Mann, and Häyer. An aryan, and more broadly, scythic background is generally associated with the previous four surnames, although not restrained to only those Jatt surnames. Also see List of Jat clans. Hans (name), a given nameNote: most rulers named Hans are known as John in English-speaking countries, e.g. John of Denmark.Hans (James Bond), a James Bond henchmanHans, Marne, a commune in FranceHans Island, contested between Greenland and CanadaHans (comic book), by Grzegorz Rosiński HANS device, a racing car safety deviceHans Moleman, a recurring character from The SimpsonsHans Gruber, antagonist character to John McClane in the film Die HardHans Asperger, discoverer of Asperger's SyndromeHans Dnombacs, Creator of the skateboard manouvre "Rotten Flip"
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The HANS device (Head And Neck Support device) is a safety item compulsory in many car racing sports. Primarily made of carbon-fiber, the device is something of a U-shape, the back of the U set behind the back of the neck and the two arms laying flat along the top of the chest over the pectoral muscles; the device in general supported by the shoulders. It is attached only to the helmet—and not to the belts, driver's body, or seat—by two anchors on either side, much like the Hutchens device but placed slightly back. Then, the seat belts that cross the driver's upper-body are properly installed so that the belts go right over the HANS device, on the driver's shoulder, and buckle into the center of the driver's stomach. Therefore, the HANS device is secured with the body of the driver, not the seat. The purpose of the device is to stop the head from whipping forward in a crash but to not restrict the movement of the neck; instead, when the body slides forward in a crash, the HANS device stays where it was on the belts with the friction of the rubber surface on its arms, the straps only becoming taut and coming into effect during the crash. This reduces the chances of head or neck injuries, particularly a basal skull fracture, in the event of a crash.
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Noun
1. imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy
(synonym) Han dynasty
(hypernym) dynasty

n. Hans, male first name

n. Hans, male first name; Geiger, Hans Geiger (1882-1947), German physicist, one of the developers of the Geiger counter