# Drift

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'''Drift''' or '''Drifts''' may refer to:
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==Geography ==
* Drift or [ford (crossing)](/source/ford_(crossing)) of a river
* [Drift (navigation)](/source/Drift_(navigation)), difference between heading and course of a vessel
* [Drift, Kentucky](/source/Drift%2C_Kentucky), unincorporated community in the United States
* In Cornwall, England:
** [Drift, Cornwall](/source/Drift%2C_Cornwall), village
** [Drift Reservoir](/source/Drift_Reservoir), associated with the village

== Science, technology, and physics ==
* [Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy](/source/Diffuse_reflectance_infrared_Fourier_transform_spectroscopy), a spectroscopic technique
* [Directional Recoil Identification from Tracks](/source/Directional_Recoil_Identification_from_Tracks), a dark-matter experiment
* [Drift (video gaming)](/source/Drift_(video_gaming)), a typical game-controller malfunction
* [Drift pin](/source/Drift_pin), metalworking tool for localizing hammer blows and for aligning holes
* [Drift (geology)](/source/Drift_(geology)), deposited material of glacial origin
* [Drift (in mining)](/source/Drift_mining), a roughly horizontal passage; an [adit](/source/adit)
* Drift, linear term of a [stochastic process](/source/stochastic_process)
* [Drift (motorsport)](/source/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)](/source/Drift_(linguistics)), a type of language change
** [Genetic drift](/source/Genetic_drift), change in allele frequency
** [Drift (telecommunication)](/source/Drift_(telecommunication)), long-term change in an attribute of a system or equipment
**[Clock drift](/source/Clock_drift) - variation in time-keeping
**[Frequency drift](/source/Frequency_drift) - oscillator offset in electrical engineering
**[Concept drift](/source/Concept_drift) (in data-science and machine-learning applications)

==Film and television==
* [''Drift'' (film series)](/source/Drift_(film_series)), 2006–2008 film series by Futoshi Jinno
* ''Drift'', 2006 TV crime drama film directed by [Paul W. S. Anderson](/source/Paul_W._S._Anderson)
* ''Drift'', fictional technology system that links the minds of two Jaeger pilots in the 2013 sci-fi film ''[Pacific Rim](/source/Pacific_Rim_(film))'' and its [sequel](/source/Pacific_Rim_Uprising)
* ''Drift'', 2007 experimental short film by [Max Hattler](/source/Max_Hattler)
* [''Drift'' (2013 Australian film)](/source/Drift_(2013_Australian_film)), film starring Sam Worthington
* [''Drift'' (2013 Belgian film)](/source/Drift_(2013_Belgian_film)), art house film
* [''Drift'' (2015 film)](/source/Drift_(2015_film)), Swiss film
* [''Drift'' (2017 film)](/source/Drift_(2017_film)), German film
* [''Drift'' (2023 film)](/source/Drift_(2023_film)), a film by Anthony Chen

==Books and Publishing==
* [''The Drift'' (magazine)](/source/The_Drift_(magazine))
* [''Drift'' (novel)](/source/Drift_(novel)), a 2002 ''Doctor Who'' novel
* ''[Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power](/source/Drift%3A_The_Unmooring_of_American_Military_Power)'', a book by Rachel Maddow
* [Plot drift](/source/Plot_drift), when a story deviates unexpectedly from its initial direction, in writing, television, or other media.

==Music==
* [The Drift (band)](/source/The_Drift_(band)), American post-rock band
* Songs:
** "Drift", 1985 song from work  ‘’[Secret](/source/Secret_(Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark_song))’’
** ["Drift" (Emily Osment song)](/source/Drift_(Emily_Osment_song)) (2011)
** "Drift", end credits song of 2013 film ''[Pacific Rim](/source/Pacific_Rim_(film))''
* Albums/EPs:
** [''Drift'' (Flotsam and Jetsam album)](/source/Drift_(Flotsam_and_Jetsam_album)) (1995)
** ''[The Drift](/source/The_Drift)'', album by Scott Walker (2006)
** [''Drift'' (Ken Block album)](/source/Drift_(Ken_Block_album)) (2008)
** [''Drift'' (Nosaj Thing album)](/source/Drift_(Nosaj_Thing_album)) (2009)
** [''The Drift'' (EP)](/source/The_Drift_(EP)), by Michelle Channel and Arjun Singh (2014)
** [''Drift'' (Erra album)](/source/Drift_(Erra_album)) (2016)
** [''Drift'' (Underworld project)](/source/Drift_(Underworld_project)), ongoing music-and-video experiment by that band (2018-2019)
**[Drift (The Devlins album)](/source/Drift_(The_Devlins_album)), 1993
* Drift, short for [drift phonk](/source/drift_phonk), a subgenre of phonk

==See also==
* [Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal](/source/Daventry_International_Rail_Freight_Terminal) (DIRFT), a rail-road intermodal freight terminal in Northamptonshire, England
* [Dérive](/source/D%C3%A9rive), an unplanned journey through a landscape
* [Drifter (disambiguation)](/source/Drifter_(disambiguation))
* [Drifting (disambiguation)](/source/Drifting_(disambiguation))
* [Velddrif](/source/Velddrif), a town in South Africa
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