Dust_(disambiguation)

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Dust usually refers to:

• Dust, fine, solid particles of matter borne in the air and settling onto surfaces. Numerous articles using the word in this familiar, everyday sense include:
  • Dust bowl, land affected by wind-borne soil erosion
  • Dust devil, a whirlwind
  • Dust storm, a meteorological phenomenon caused by strong winds blowing dust
  • Mineral dust, atmospheric aerosols of mineral origin
  • Dust mite, an arachnid living in and feeding off domestic dust
  • Dust jacket, a protective cover for a book

In the sciences dust may have a related but specific technical meaning:

• Cosmic dust, in intergalactic clouds
• Interstellar dust, in interstellar clouds
• Dust solution, a type of exact solution in general relativity
• Dust (relativity), idealization of a cold gas

Dust may also refer to:

Music

• Dust (band), a 70s hard rock group
• Dust (Screaming Trees album)
• Dust (Mourning Beloveth album)
• Dust (DJ Muggs album)
• Dust (by Steve Winwood)

Books and comics

• Dust (His Dark Materials), a fictional form of matter in Philip Pullman\'s His Dark Materials
• Dust (novel), by Charles Pellegrino
• Dust (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics X-Men franchise
• Dust (Image Comics), a comic book series from Image Comics

Film, Television and computer games

• Dust (1985 film), based on J. M. Coetzee\'s In the Heart of the Country
• Dust (2001 film) (Прашина), directed by Milčo Mančevski
• Dust (Turkish short film), (Toz) 2005
• Dust (2005 film) (Пыль), directed by Serguei Loban (Russia)
• Dust (Babylon 5), an illegal fictional drug in the Babylon 5 television series
• Dust (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone
• Dust: A Tale of the Wired West, a PC adventure game

Other uses

• Angel Dust, a term for Phencyclidine (PCP), a psychoactive drug.

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