Iris

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Contents 1 In science and technology 1.1 In science 1.2 Technologies 2 In arts and entertainment 2.1 In music 2.2 Fictional characters 2.3 In other arts and entertainment 3 In transportation 4 Other uses 5 See also

Iris typically refers to:

• Iris (mythology), in Greek mythology, a messenger god and the personification of rainbows
• Iris (color), an ambiguous color ranging from blue-violet to violet, from the flower of the same name
• Iris (anatomy), the sphincter around the pupil of the eye, named for the colors in human and animal eyes

Iris may also refer to:

[edit] In science and technology

[edit] In science

• Iris (plant), a genus of flowering plants, named for the Greek mythological figure
• Iris (mantis), a genus of insects of the praying mantis family, in the subfamily Mantinae
• 7 Iris, an asteroid named after the mythological figure
• Iris nebula, a reflection nebula, NGC 7023
• Iridescence, an optical phenomenon in which hue changes with the angle at which a surface is viewed
• Iris recognition, a personal identification technique that identifies an individual via the human iris.

[edit] Technologies

• Diaphragm (optics), a mechanical device found in cameras, which mimics the function of the biological iris
• Iris (diaphragm), any such mechanical device, as used in doors, pipes, or electrical engineering
• Iris printer, a true color inkjet printer used for industrial prepress proofs and fine art printing

[edit] In arts and entertainment

[edit] In music

• Iris (opera), an opera by Pietro Mascagni
• Iris (song), a song by The Goo Goo Dolls from the film City of Angels
  • Covers of the Goo Goo Dolls song, recorded by New Found Glory and Ronan Keating
• Iris (British/French band), an instrumental rock band
• Iris (EP), an EP by the band Miranda Sex Garden
• IRIS (Romanian band), a hard-rock band
• Iris (Split Enz song), a song by Split Enz
• Iris (Texas band), a synthpop band

[edit] Fictional characters

• Iris, a fictional queen in Piers Anthony's Xanth novels
• Iris (Mega Man), a fictional character in the video game Mega Man X4
• Iris, a pre-teen prostitute played by Jodie Foster in the 1976 film Taxi Driver

[edit] In other arts and entertainment

• Irises (painting), a painting of iris flowers by Vincent Van Gogh
• Iris (film), a film about Irish novelist Iris Murdoch
• Iris (game), a game created to promote the video game Halo 3
• Iris (TV channel), an Italian movie TV channel
• Iris (Stargate), a mechanical iris seen on the television show Stargate SG-1

[edit] In transportation

• HMS Iris, Six historical warships of the British Royal Navy
• USS Iris, any of several ships in the US Navy that have been named after the mythological figure
• The Abraham Iris, a touring plane built in France before World War II
• The Blackburn Iris, a British military flying boat first flown in 1926
• The MV Royal Iris of the Mersey, the name of two Mersey Ferries operating on the River Mersey, England

[edit] Other uses

• Hurricane Iris and Typhoon Iris, tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and the Western Pacific
• Yeşil River, called Iris (Ίρις) by the Greeks
• Iris, Cluj-Napoca, a district in Romania
• Iris Associates, the company which developed Lotus Notes
• Iris Falcón (born 1973), Peruvian volleyball player
• Iris Fund for Prevention of Blindness
• Iris (Corporation Berhad), a company in Malaysia
• Sheffield Iris, a defunct newspaper in England

[edit] See also

• IRIS (disambiguation)

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