Cirrus

Cirrus may refer to:

Science

• Cirrus (biology), any of various thin, thread-like structures on the body of an animal
  • Cirrus (crinoid), an articulated appendage in sea lilies
• Cirrus (botany), a tendril
• Infrared cirrus, in astronomy, filamentary structures seen in infrared light
• Cirrus cloud, a type of cloud

Aviation

• ADC Cirrus, a series of British aircraft engines in the 1920s
• American Cirrus Engine (ACE), an aircraft engine manufacturer
• Blackburn Cirrus Major, a British four-cylinder aircraft engine first run in 1936
• Blackburn Cirrus Minor, a British four-cylinder aircraft engine first run in 1937
• Cirrus Aero-Engines, a defunct British aircraft engine company
• Cirrus Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer in Duluth, Minnesota
• Cirrus Airlines, a German airline in Saarbrücken, Germany
• Cirrus (rocket), a German research rocket
• Schempp-Hirth Cirrus, an Open-class sailplane
• Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus, a Standard-class sailplane

Music

• Cirrus (album), a 1974 release by Bobby Hutcherson
• Cirrus (band), a duo of electronic music composers
• "Cirrus" (song), a 2013 instrumental by DJ Bonobo

Other uses

• Chrysler Cirrus, a car produced by DaimlerChrysler between 1995 and 2000
• Cirrus (Helsinki building), a high-rise apartment building in Helsinki, Finland
• Cirrus (Seattle building), a residential skyscraper in Seattle, Washington
• Cirrus (interbank network), an interbank network by MasterCard
• Cirrus Logic, a semiconductor manufacturer
• Microsoft Jet Database Engine or Cirrus
• Cirrus Vodka, a vodka made in Virginia, USA

See also

• "Cirrus Minor" (song), a 1969 song by Pink Floyd