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Spirit (disambiguation)
The term spirit has several different uses in different fields.
Things named "Spirit"
- Spirit is the religious (spiritualism) concept of an innate essence of a being
- In Christianity, the Holy Spirit (also known as the Holy Ghost)
- The B-2 Spirit (official name of the United States Air Force's stealth bomber)
- Spirit Airlines, a Florida-based airline company using McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jets to fly around Florida cities, to the Northeast and Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico
- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission rover MER-A, named "Spirit"
- 37452 Spirit, an asteroid named after the Mars rover
- The Spirit, a comics series featuring the detective of the same name, by comic artist Will Eisner
- A 1970s psychedelic band: see Spirit (band)
- A Flemish social-democratic political party, forming a cartel with the socialist party SP.a
- Spirit Parser Framework
- A Norwegian freezine
Other fields
Outside the fields of religion and spirituality, the term spirit may mean:
- Alcohol, or a distilled alcoholic beverage (not wine or beer)
- In medicine, it formerly meant an alcoholic solution of a volatile drug; see tincture.
- Breath
- Enthusiasm - "We have spirit, yes we do, we have spirit, how 'bout you?""
- Intent - "The spirit of the law, and not the letter."
- Purpose
- Meaning
- Esprit de corps - the commonality of purpose, devotion, and honor among members of a group
- A classical element -- also known as aether, akasha or quintessence -- representing the fifth element (the other four being earth, air, fire and water)
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