Flutter

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), an open source UI framework and SDK for building multi-platform apps

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

• Fluttershy, a My Little Pony character
• Flutter Entertainment, an 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

• Controlled aerodynamic instability phenomena
• Wow (recording)
• Wow and flutter measurement
• Wow and flutter (disambiguation)