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Flutter

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Flutter may refer to:

Technology

  • Aeroelastic flutter, a rapid self-feeding motion, potentially destructive, that is excited by aerodynamic forces in aircraft and bridges
  • Flutter (American company), a gesture recognition technology company acquired by Google in 2013
  • Flutter (electronics and communication), any rapid variation of signal parameters
  • Flutter (software), a mobile application SDK and framework

Medicine

  • "Heart flutter", an abnormally rapid heartbeat:
    • Atrial flutter, a common abnormal heart rhythm
    • Ventricular flutter, a tachycardia affecting the ventricles with a rate over 250-350 beats/min
  • Flutter valve, a one-way valve used in respiratory medicine to prevent air from travelling back along a chest tube

Arts and entertainment

  • Flutter (comics), a comic series

Music

  • Flutter-tonguing, a technique for playing wind instruments
  • Flutter, a 2001 album and a composition by Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
  • "Flutter", a song by Bonobo from his 2003 album Dial 'M' for Monkey
  • "Flutter", a song by Autechre from the 1994 EP Anti EP

Film

  • Flutter (2006 film), 2006 animated short by Howie Shia
  • Flutter (2011 film), 2011 film directed by Giles Borg

Other uses

  • Flutter Entertainment, and Irish-headquartered betting company
  • Flutter, a colloquial term for a small bet or wager in gambling
  • Flutter kick, a movement used in swimming or callisthenics

See also

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