Mir (disambiguation)
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Mir
is a Soviet, later Russian space station.
Mir or MIR may also refer to:
Mir
Mir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, at first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. Assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996, Mir was the first modular space station and had a greater mass than that of any previous spacecraft, holding the record for the...
is a Soviet, later Russian space station.
Mir or MIR may also refer to:
Soviet or Russian context
- STS MirSTS MirSTS Mir is a three-masted, full rigged training ship, based in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was built in 1987 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. It is one of the fastest modern sailing ships....
, a Russian sailing ship - MIR (submersible)MIR (submersible)Mir is a self-propelled Deep Submergence Vehicle. The project was initially developed by the USSR Academy of Sciences along with Design Bureau Lazurith. Later two vehicles were ordered from Finland...
, a self-propelled Deep Submergence Vehicle - MIR (computer)Mir (computer)MIR is the name of a series of early Soviet computers, developed from 1965 to 1969 in a group headed by Victor Glushkov. It stands for «Машина для Инженерных Расчётов» . It was designed as a relatively small-scale computer for use in engineering and scientific applications...
, an early Soviet personal computer - Mir (lens)Mir (lens)Mir is a Soviet wide angle prime lens series with focal lengths varying from 20 to 37 mm with 5-7 elements.The first variant was the Mir-1 and won the Grand Prix at Expo '58 in Brussels. Its construction was derived from the Flektogon lens by Carl Zeiss...
, a Soviet photographic lens - Mir PublishersMir Publishers150px|rightMir Publishers was a major publishing house in the Soviet Union which continues to exist in modern Russian Federation. It was established in 1946 by a decree of the USSR Council of Ministers and has headquartered in Moscow, Russia since then...
, a Russian publishing house - ObshchinaObshchinaObshchina or Mir ) or Selskoye obshestvo were peasant communities, as opposed to individual farmsteads, or khutors, in Imperial Russia. The term derives from the word о́бщий, obshchiy ....
or Mir, a type of rural community in Imperial Russia
Judaism
- Mir yeshiva (Belarus), the original Mir Yeshiva, a rabbinical school in what is now Mir, Belarus
- Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)The Mir yeshiva , known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel. With 6,000 students, it is the largest yeshiva in Israel. Many of the students are from the United States and Canada. It is also believed to be the largest yeshiva in the world...
, a rabbinical school in Jerusalem, successor to the Mir Yeshiva in Belarus - Mir yeshiva (Brooklyn)Mir yeshiva (Brooklyn)The Mir yeshiva , commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, is officially registered with the College Board as the Mirrer Yeshiva Central Institute. It is a prominent, Haredi yeshiva located in Brooklyn, New York known for its excellence in talmudic studies.Its long-time Rosh Yeshiva was...
, a rabbinical school in New York, successor to the Mir Yeshiva in Belarus
Acronym
- Mail-in rebate, a coupon for consumers to use to receive a refund
- Management International ReviewManagement International ReviewManagement International Review is an economic journal dealing with aspects of international management. Started in 1960. MIR published its 50th volume 2010....
, an economical journal dealing with aspects of international management - Master of Industrial Relations, a graduate degree in the field of human resources management
- Maximum Information Rate, the maximum bandwidth in broadband wireless
- The Mechanics' Institute ReviewThe Mechanics' Institute ReviewThe Mechanics' Institute Review is an annual literary anthology published by Birkbeck, University of London, as part of its MA Creative Writing course. The MIR Project Director is Julia Bell.- History :...
- Metropolitan Intercity Railway CompanyMetropolitan Intercity Railway CompanyThe is a third sector railway company. It was established in March, 1991, to construct the Tsukuba Express . Municipalities along the planned line, and private corporations, invested in it.-External links:...
, a Japanese railway company - Micropower Impulse RadarMicropower Impulse RadarMicropower Impulse Radar is a low power Ultra Wideband radar developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, used for sensing and measuring distances to objects in proximity to each other.Commercial applications include:...
, a radar system developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Mid-infrared, infrared radiation of medium wave length
- Monastir International AirportMonastir International AirportMonastir – Habib Bourguiba International Airport is an airport serving Monastir in Tunisia. The airport is operated by Tepe Akfen Ventures.Beginning on 1 January 2008, a private company is managing the airport on behalf of the Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority .The airport serves as...
, in Tunisia - Moving Image RetoucherMoving Image RetoucherMoving Image Retoucher is a software tool for real-time playback of movies, manual dust busting, wire removal and any other kind of moving image repair.The tool offers a solution for film viewing and manual retouch and repair...
, a software tool for video and movie repair - Multiple isomorphous replacementMultiple isomorphous replacementMultiple isomorphous replacement or MIR is the most common approach of solving the phase problem in X-ray crystallography. This method is conducted by soaking the crystal of a sample to be analyzed with a heavy atom solution or co-crystallization with the heavy atom...
, a technique used in crystallography - Music information retrievalMusic information retrievalMusic information retrieval is the interdisciplinary science of retrieving information from music. MIR is a small but growing field of research with many real-world applications...
, the interdisciplinary science of retrieving information from music - Musiktheater im RevierMusiktheater im RevierMusiktheater im Revier is the venue for performing opera, operetta, musical theatre and ballet in Gelsenkirchen, Germany...
, a theater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Revolutionary Left Movement (disambiguation) or
Music
- Mir (band)Mir (band)Mir is a band based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their projects have been released in Canada and Europe, and their 2006 itinerary includes 4 tours in Germany.Asif Illyas is the band's lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist...
, a Canadian music group - Mir (album)Mir (album)Mir is Ott's third album. It was released on 15 March 2011 on his Bandcamp.- Track listing :#"One Day I Wish to Have This Kind of Time" - 8:33#"Adrift in Hilbert Space" - 8:10#"Owl Stretching Time" - 7:41#"Squirrel and Biscuits" - 6:02...
, a 2011 album by Ott - Mir, the stage name for Bang Chul-yong, member of South Korean boy band MBLAQMBLAQMBLAQ is a South Korean quintet boy band created by Korean entertainer Rain under J.Tune Camp. The group consists of Seung Ho , G.O , Joon , Cheondoong/Thunder , and Mir...
Other uses
- Mir (title)Mir (title)Mir is a title which is derived from the Arabic title Emir or Amir . It was adopted in many languages under Islamic influence, such as Persian , Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, meaning leader of a group or tribe in Iran, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.-Title:In Iran, mir has also been formally used as a...
, a title for a ruler - Mir (tribe)Mir (tribe)Mir Hindi: मिर) is a tribe which has descended from the Butt tribe in Kashmir Valley of Baramulla. It is also in Sindh Gilgit and Punjab provinces of Pakistan and India....
, a tribe in the Punjab area of Pakistan - Mir, a character in Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia
- MicroRNA
- Mir, a fictional place in Time's Eye by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
- MIR, a digital R&D shop with offices in New York and San Francisco
People with the name
- Mir Taqi MirMir Taqi MirKhuda-e-sukhan Mir Taqi Mir , whose real name was Muhammad Taqi and takhallus was Mir , was the leading Urdu poet of the 18th century, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself...
(1723–1810), Urdu poet - Pedro MirPedro MirPedro Julio Mir Valentín was a Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent poets of the 1940s" in Dominican poetry.His father, a Cuban mechanical engineer, migrated from Cuba to the Dominican Republic...
(1913–2000), poet, laureate of the Dominican Republic - Aasmah MirAasmah Mir-Early life:Mir was born to first-generation Pakistani immigrants and brought up in the middle class suburb of Bearsden, near Glasgow. She graduated from the University of Bristol with an honours law degree in 1993...
, Scottish-Pakistani television presenter - Frank MirFrank MirFrancisco Santos Miranda is an American mixed martial artist, as well as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpō Karate, who competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion...
, American mixed martial artist, former UFC heavyweight champion - Mir Afsar AliMir Afsar AliMir or Mir Afsar Ali is a popular Indian radio jockey and television anchor. He is the host of Mirakkel, a laughter show on Zee Bangla and Hello Kolkata on Radio Mirchi. Born in a conservative Bengali Muslim family with strict-disciplinarians parents, he would listen to the radio for hours...
, Indian radio jockey and television anchor - Hamid MirHamid MirHamid Mir is a Pakistani journalist and editor. He is also a news anchor, terrorism expert, and security analyst who regularly participates in international conferences. He is also known for his columns in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, and English newspapers and hosts a popular political talk show on Geo...
, Pakistani journalist and a terrorism expert and security analyst. - Mir-Hossein MousaviMir-Hossein MousaviMir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a Reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election...
, former prime minister of Iran