Sir (disambiguation)

SIR as an abbreviation stands for:

  • Sampling -importance resampling, see Sequential Monte Carlo methods
  • Sulfur - induced resistance, the increased defense ability of plants to elevated sulfur supply
  • Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
  • Serial infrared; see Infrared Data Association
  • Signal to Inference Ratio
  • SIR model, a mathematical model in biology
  • Societe de Ivoirienne refining; State Ivorian Refinery Company
  • Standardized incidence ratios; a statistical measure to quantify an increase in risk in epidemiology
  • Substrate -induced respiration; indirect method for determination of microbial biomass in soils
  • Sion Airport, the regional airport in Switzerland after the IATA code
  • Staten Iceland Railway, a railway line in New York City
  • Superibérica de Rugby, Spanish rugby union competition

Sir stands for:

  • Ecclesiasticus, a book of the Old Testament deuterokanonisches
  • Sir, the prefix of male Knights
  • "Sir," as an English- language honorific

Sir is the surname of the following persons:

  • Edouard Morot - Sir (1910-1993), French philosopher, linguist and literary scholar
  • Sir Michael (1862-1937), German merchant and politician

Šír is the surname of the following persons:

  • Jaroslav Šír (* 1923), Czechoslovak skier

See also:

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