Drift or Drifts may refer to:
Geography
* Drift or
ford (crossing)
A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading, or inside a vehicle getting its wheels wet. A ford may occur naturally or be constructed. Fords may be impassable during high water. A low-water cr ...
of a river
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Drift, Kentucky
Drift, Kentucky is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. As of the census of 2000, there were 569 people living in the ZIP Code Tabulation Area
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) are statistical entit ...
, unincorporated community in the United States
* In Cornwall, England:
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Drift, Cornwall, village
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Drift Reservoir
Drift Reservoir is a reservoir in Cornwall, England, UK, just north of the village of Drift and west of Penzance. The reservoir is long and covers . The dam is at the southern end of the reservoir, and the northern end, splits into north-wester ...
, associated with the village
Science, technology, and physics
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Directional Recoil Identification from Tracks
The Directional Recoil Identification from Tracks (DRIFT) detector is a low pressure negative ion time projection chamber (NITPC) designed to detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) - a prime dark matter candidate.
There are current ...
, a dark matter experiment
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Drift (video gaming), a typical game controller malfunction
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Drift pin, metalworking tool for localizing hammer blows and for aligning holes
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Drift (geology)
In geology, drift is a name for all sediment (clay, silt, sand, gravel, boulders) transported by a glacier and deposited directly by or from the ice, or by glacial meltwater. Drift is often subdivided into (unsorted and) unstratified drift (gl ...
, deposited material of glacial origin
* Drift, linear term of a
stochastic process
In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic () or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a family of random variables. Stochastic processes are widely used as mathematical models of systems and phenomena that appea ...
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Drift (motorsport)
Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner. The technique causes the rear slip angle to exceed the front slip ...
, the controlled sliding of a vehicle through a sharp turn, either via over-steering with sudden sharp braking, or counter-steering with a sudden "clutch kick" acceleration
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Drift (linguistics)
Two types of language change can be characterized as linguistic drift: a unidirectional short-term and cyclic long-term drift.
Short-term unidirectional drift
According to Sapir, drift is the unconscious change in natural language. He gives the ...
, a type of language change
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Genetic drift
Genetic drift, also known as allelic drift or the Wright effect, is the change in the frequency of an existing gene variant (allele) in a population due to random chance.
Genetic drift may cause gene variants to disappear completely and there ...
, change in allele frequency
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Drift (telecommunication), long-term change in an attribute of a system or equipment
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Clock drift
Clock drift refers to several related phenomena where a clock does not run at exactly the same rate as a reference clock. That is, after some time the clock "drifts apart" or gradually desynchronizes from the other clock. All clocks are subject to ...
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Frequency drift
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Drift (data science)
In data science and related fields, drift is an evolution of data that invalidates the data model. Common areas where identification of data drift is important are machine learning and data mining, as well as maintenance of large software systems ...
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Concept drift
In predictive analytics and machine learning, concept drift means that the statistical properties of the target variable, which the model is trying to predict, change over time in unforeseen ways. This causes problems because the predictions become ...
Film and television
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''Drift'' (film series), 2006–2008 film series by Futoshi Jinno
* ''Drift'', 2006 TV crime drama film directed by
Paul W. S. Anderson
Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English filmmaker who regularly works in science fiction films and video game adaptations.
Anderson made his feature film debut with the British independent film ''Shopping'' (1994), and ...
* ''Drift'', fictional technology system that links the minds of two Jaeger pilots in the 2013 sci-fi film ''
Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The ''Pacific Basin'' includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire.
List of co ...
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sequel
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''Drift'' (2013 Australian film), film starring Sam Worthington
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''Drift'' (2013 Belgian film), art house film
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''Drift'' (2015 film), Swiss film
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''Drift'' (2017 film), German film
* ''Drift'', 2007 experimental short film by
Max Hattler
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''Drift'' (2023 film), a film by Anthony Chen
Books
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''Drift'' (novel), a 2002 ''Doctor Who'' novel
* ''
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power'', a book by Rachel Maddow
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Plot drift
Plot drift, or narrative drift, is a phenomenon in storytelling in which the plot of the story deviates from its apparent initial direction. The phenomenon can affect written works, although it is often more noticeable in performed media such as te ...
, when a story deviates unexpectedly from its initial direction, in writing, television, or other media.
Music
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The Drift (band)
The Drift is a post-rock band from San Francisco, California.
The Drift was founded in 2002 as a side project by Danny Grody, of Tarentel, and Trevor Montgomery, of Lazarus.Secret
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret.
Secrecy is often controvers ...
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"Drift" (Emily Osment song) (2011)
** "Drift", end credits song of 2013 film ''
Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The ''Pacific Basin'' includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire.
List of co ...
''
* Albums/EPs:
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''Drift'' (Flotsam and Jetsam album) (1995)
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The Drift'', album by Scott Walker (2006)
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''Drift'' (Ken Block album) (2008)
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''Drift'' (Nosaj Thing album) (2009)
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''The Drift'' (EP), by Michelle Channel and Arjun Singh (2014)
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''Drift'' (Erra album) (2016)
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''Drift'' (Underworld project), ongoing music-and-video experiment by that band
See also
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Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal
Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) is a rail-road intermodal freight terminal with an associated warehousing estate in Northamptonshire, England. The facility is located at the junctions between the M1 motorway, A5 and A428 ro ...
(DIRFT), a rail-road intermodal freight terminal in Northamptonshire, England
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Dérive, an unplanned journey through a landscape
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Drifter (disambiguation)
A drifter is a vagrant who moves from place to place without a fixed home or employment.
Drifter(s) or The Drifter(s) may also refer to:
Films and television Films
* ''The Drifter'' (1917 film), an American film directed by Fred Kelsey
* ''Th ...
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Drifting (disambiguation)
Drifting may refer to:
* Drifting (motorsport)
* Pipe drift or drifting, measuring a pipe's inner roundness
Film
* ''Drifting'' (1923 film), a film directed by Tod Browning
* ''Drifting'' (1982 film), the first Israeli gay-themed film
* ''Drifting ...
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Velddrif
Velddrif (the name of the town) or Velddrift (the name of the farm on which the town was established), is a coastal fishing town in the Bergrivier Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. The town had a population 7800 in 2007 and is located ...
, a town in South Africa
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