{{wiktionary|drift}} '''Drift''' or '''Drifts''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Geography == * Drift or ford (crossing) of a river * Drift (navigation), difference between heading and course of a vessel * Drift, Kentucky, unincorporated community in the United States * In Cornwall, England: ** Drift, Cornwall, village ** Drift Reservoir, associated with the village
== Science, technology, and physics == * Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, a spectroscopic technique * Directional Recoil Identification from Tracks, a dark-matter experiment * Drift (video gaming), a typical game-controller malfunction * Drift pin, metalworking tool for localizing hammer blows and for aligning holes * Drift (geology), deposited material of glacial origin * Drift (in mining), a roughly horizontal passage; an adit * Drift, linear term of a stochastic process * Drift (motorsport), 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 * Incremental changes: ** Drift (linguistics), a type of language change ** Genetic drift, change in allele frequency ** Drift (telecommunication), long-term change in an attribute of a system or equipment **Clock drift - variation in time-keeping **Frequency drift - oscillator offset in electrical engineering **Concept drift (in data-science and machine-learning applications)
==Film and television== * ''Drift'' (film series), 2006–2008 film series by Futoshi Jinno * ''Drift'', 2006 TV crime drama film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson * ''Drift'', fictional technology system that links the minds of two Jaeger pilots in the 2013 sci-fi film ''Pacific Rim'' and its sequel * ''Drift'', 2007 experimental short film by Max Hattler * ''Drift'' (2013 Australian film), film starring Sam Worthington * ''Drift'' (2013 Belgian film), art house film * ''Drift'' (2015 film), Swiss film * ''Drift'' (2017 film), German film * ''Drift'' (2023 film), a film by Anthony Chen
==Books and Publishing== * ''The Drift'' (magazine) * ''Drift'' (novel), a 2002 ''Doctor Who'' novel * ''Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power'', a book by Rachel Maddow * Plot drift, when a story deviates unexpectedly from its initial direction, in writing, television, or other media.
==Music== * The Drift (band), American post-rock band * Songs: ** "Drift", 1985 song from work ‘’Secret’’ ** "Drift" (Emily Osment song) (2011) ** "Drift", end credits song of 2013 film ''Pacific Rim'' * Albums/EPs: ** ''Drift'' (Flotsam and Jetsam album) (1995) ** ''The Drift'', album by Scott Walker (2006) ** ''Drift'' (Ken Block album) (2008) ** ''Drift'' (Nosaj Thing album) (2009) ** ''The Drift'' (EP), by Michelle Channel and Arjun Singh (2014) ** ''Drift'' (Erra album) (2016) ** ''Drift'' (Underworld project), ongoing music-and-video experiment by that band (2018-2019) **Drift (The Devlins album), 1993 * Drift, short for drift phonk, a subgenre of phonk
==See also== * Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT), a rail-road intermodal freight terminal in Northamptonshire, England * Dérive, an unplanned journey through a landscape * Drifter (disambiguation) * Drifting (disambiguation) * Velddrif, a town in South Africa * {{look from|Drift}} * {{in title|drift}}
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