Air (disambiguation)
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Air is the name given to the atmosphere of Earth.
Air or AIR may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Art
[edit]- Air (Maillol), a sculpture by Aristide Maillol
- Air (painting), a painting by Jan van Kessel the Elder
Films
[edit]- Air (2005 film), a 2005 anime adaptation of the visual novel
- Air (2015 film), an American post-apocalyptic film
- Air (2023 American film), an American biographical sports drama film
- Air (2023 Russian film), a Russian aviation film
- "Love is destructive", the first half of The End of Evangelion, a 1997 anime film
Music
[edit]Groups
[edit]- Air (French band), a French electronic music duo
- Air (free jazz trio), founded in 1971
- Air (jazz rock band), a jazz rock group featuring Tom and Googie Coppola
- Air (singer), Japanese singer
Albums
[edit]- Air (Cecil Taylor album), 1960
- Air (Agua de Annique album), 2007
- Air (Astronoid album), 2016
- Air (Sault album), 2022
- Air, an album by Air (jazz rock band), 1971
- Air, an album by Pete Namlook, 1993
- Air, an album by Kym, 2005
- Air, an album by Andreas Vollenweider, 2009
- AIR, an EP by Afgan, 2019
Songs
[edit]- "Air" (Tyson Ritter song), 2013
- Air (Marcus & Martinus song), 2023
- "Air", a song in the musical Hair
- "Air", Air on the G String, by Ekseption from their self-titled 1969 album Ekseption
- "Air", a song by Brian Eno and Talking Heads from the 1979 album Fear of Music
- "Air", a song by Ben Folds Five from the 1998 soundtrack Godzilla: The Album
- "Air", a song by Sault from the 2022 album Air
- "Air", a song by Shawn Mendes and Astrid S from the 2015 album Handwritten
- "A.I.R.", a song by Anthrax from their 1985 album Spreading the Disease
Other music-related uses
[edit]- Air (music), a song-like vocal or instrumental composition
- Air on the G String, August Wilhelmj's adaptation of an air by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Air de cour, secular vocal music in France in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period
- Air guitar, a form of dance and movement in which a performer pretends to play an imaginary guitar
- Associated Independent Recording (AIR), an independent recording company and recording studio based in London, UK
- Australian Independent Record Labels Association, organisation representing Australian-owned record labels and independent artists
Radio
[edit]- All India Radio, radio broadcast service in India
- Art International Radio, an arts-oriented radio station
Television
[edit]- AIR: America's Investigative Reports, PBS documentary series 2006–2007, retitled Exposé: America's Investigative Reports with second season in 2007
- "Air" (Stargate Universe), the series premiere of the television series Stargate Universe
Video games
[edit]- Air (video game), a 2000 Japanese visual novel
- Air, an air combat based mainframe computer game by Kelton Flinn
Other arts, entertainment, and media-related uses
[edit]- ABS-CBN International Report, a defunct international newscast of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
- A.I.R. Gallery, an all female artists cooperative gallery in the United States
- Air, a common colloquialism for a broadcast ("on air")
- Air (comics), a comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics
- AIR (nightclub), a 2000 capacity superclub located in Digbeth, Birmingham in the UK
- Air (novel), a 2005 novel by author Geoff Ryman
- Air (roller coaster), the former name of a flying roller coaster at Alton Towers theme park in the United Kingdom, now re-themed as Galactica
- Annals of Improbable Research, a bi-monthly magazine devoted to scientific humour
- Art Is Resistance, an organization in the game Year Zero
Brands and organisations
[edit]- AIR Worldwide (formerly named Applied Insurance Research) is a risk-modeling and data analytics company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts
- AAR Corporation (New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol AIR)
- Air Jordan, a popular brand of basketball shoes promoted by Retired Chicago Bulls Superstar, Michael Jordan
- American Institutes for Research, commonly abbreviated AIR, a social science research organization
Computing and technology
[edit]- AIR (program), a program suite for medical image registration
- Adobe AIR, a cross-platform run-time system
- iPad Air, an Apple tablet
- MacBook Air, an Apple ultraportable laptop
Places
[edit]- Aïr Mountains, a massif in northern Niger
- Sultanate of Agadez, also known as the Sultanate of Aïr
- Arab Islamic Republic, failed union attempt between Tunisia and Libya
People
[edit]- Donna Air (born 1979), British actress
- Glen Air (born 1978), Australian rugby league player
- Michael Jordan, American basketball player nicknamed His Royal Airness
- Steve McNair, American football player nicknamed Air
Science and healthcare
[edit]- Aminoimidazole ribotide
- Anterior interval release, a type of arthroscopic knee surgery
- Oxygen
- Gas or atmosphere of a planet
- The sky
Sports
[edit]- Adelaide International Raceway, a car-racing circuit in Adelaide, South Australia
- Air, a range of boardsport tricks consisting of jumps without rotation
- "Airs" above the ground, a term used in dressage
Technology
[edit]- Active Infrared, combines infrared illumination of spectral range 700–1,000 nm (just below the visible spectrum of the human eye) with CCD cameras sensitive to this light
- Air conditioning, any form of cooling, heating, ventilation or disinfection that modifies the condition of air
- Air injection reactor, a very early automobile emissions control system
- Air-to-air rocket or air interception rocket, an unguided projectile fired from aircraft to engage other flying targets
Transportation
[edit]- AIR, National Rail code of Airbles railway station, in Motherwell, Scotland
- AIR-X, a Soviet aircraft series by Yakovlev
- AIR, MTR station code of Airport station, Hong Kong
- Lucid Air, a 2021–present American electric executive sedan
- Wuling Air EV, a 2022–present Chinese electric microcar
Other uses
[edit]- Air (classical element), an element in ancient Greek philosophy and in Western alchemy
- Airoran language, an Indonesian language with ISO 639-3 code AIR
- Applied Innovative Research, a scientific journal
- Compressed air, the air kept under a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure
- Another word for ambience (character, mood, etc.).
See also
[edit]- Air University (disambiguation)
- Aiir (album), by British band Sault, 2022
- Aire (disambiguation)
- AIRS (disambiguation)
- Ayr (disambiguation)
- Ayre, one of six sheadings in the Isle of Man
- Éire