Drift or Drifts may refer to:
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