Proteus (disambiguation)

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Proteus is a Greek god, who is the son of Poseidon.

Proteus may also refer to:

People

• Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865–1923), a German-American mathematician and electrical engineer
• Peregrinus Proteus (c. 95-165 AD), a Cynic philosopher, from Parium in Mysia

Fictional characters

• Proteus (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), a character from William Shakespeare's play The Two Gentlemen of Verona
• Proteus (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends), a legendary narrow gauge steam engine with a big, flashing lamp in Thomas and Friends
• Dr. Paul Proteus, the main character in Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
• Proteus, the Prime Minister in The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw
• Proteus IV, a villainous supercomputer in the Dean Koontz novel Demon Seed

Characters in comics

• Proteus (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics mutant
• Proteus (DC comics), a DC Comics super-villain, enemy of the superhero the Creeper
• Proteus Force 10, a comic French book miniseries.

In mythology

• Proteus of Egypt, an Egyptian king in a version of the story of Helen of Troy
• King Proteus, a mythical Greek ruler, featured in the story of Bellerophon

Biology

• Amoeba proteus, the most famous species of amoebae
• Proteus (amphibian), a small cave-dwelling amphibian genus, also known as the olm
• Proteus (bacterium), a genus of Proteobacteria responsible for many human urinary tract infections
• Proteus (trilobite), a genus of trilobites
• Proteus, a cultivar of Clematis introduced in 1876

Medicine

• Proteus syndrome, a very rare congenital disorder known mostly for its most famous sufferer Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man)
• Proteus-like syndrome, a condition similar to Proteus syndrome, but with an uncertain etiology

Physics

• Proteus (alchemy), a term for the "first matter" (prima materia)
• Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune
• Proteus (satellite), a French multimission satellite platform

Software and hardware

• Proteus Conversational Interface, a conversational interface system developed by Artificial Ingenuity, a research and development company in Arizona, United States
• Proteus (programming language), a fully functional, procedural programming language created in 1998 by Simone Zanella
• Proteus (proteomics software), a software using Trans-Proteomic Pipeline technology

In media

• Proteus (play), a satyr play by Aeschylus, part of the Oresteia
• "Proteus" (X-Men episode), an episode of the X-Men animated series
• Proteus (video game), a 2013 video game developed by Ed Key and David Kanaga
• "Proteus", an episode of the television series Person of Interest

Films

• Proteus (2003 film), a film by Canadian director John Greyson
• Proteus (2004 film), an animated documentary by David Lebrun

Novels

• Proteus In The Underworld, a science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield and published in 1995
• The Proteus Operation, a science fiction novel written by James P. Hogan and published in 1985
• The unofficial name for the third episode in James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses
• Proteus, a novel by Morris West and published in 1979

Vehicles

• Bluebird-Proteus CN7, a technologically advanced wheel-driven land speed record-breaking car
• HMS Proteus (disambiguation), several ships
• Proteus (watercraft), an experimental vessel developed by Marine Advanced Research
• Scaled Composites Proteus, an experimental aircraft
• USS Proteus (disambiguation), several ships
• A type of diver propulsion vehicle; there are at least two makes called Proteus:
  • Protei-5 Russian diver-rider
• Proteus replica Jaguar C-Type car, manufactured in the UK by Proteus sports and racing cars

Fictional vehicles

• Proteus (submarine), the miniaturized submarine that is injected in a human being's bloodstream in the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage
• Proteus, a derelict spacecraft infested with alien spiders in the 1998 film Lost in Space
• Proteus, a Strategic Cruiser class ship from the MMORPG Eve Online
• Proteus, a new US Navy warship with a sophisticated cybernetic control system which is taken over by the Mysterons in a Season 2 episode of New Captain Scarlet entitled Proteus

Engines

• Bristol Proteus, a turboprop engine..

Organisations

• Proteus-eretes, the largest student rowing club in Delft, The Nederlands
• Proteus Gowanus, an interdisciplinary gallery and reading room founded in 2005 in Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Krewe of Proteus, the second oldest parade krewe at New Orleans Mardi Gras

Companies

• Proteus Airlines, a French regional airline with its head offices in Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or, France, near Dijon, and in Saint-Étienne
• Studio Proteus, a Japanese manga import, translation and lettering company

Other

• Proteus effect, an effect that appears when the behavior of an individual conforms to their digital self-representation
• Proteus (board game), a board game by Steve Jackson Games
• E-mu Proteus, a series of sample playback synthesizers

See also

• Proteans (body language), a class of subtle body language flirting signals
• Protea (disambiguation)