Look up: Spin

1. spin
   Equivalent to buzz. More common among C and Unix programmers. [Jargon File]
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2. Spin
   Used to describe the angular momentum of the nucleus.
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3. Spin
   Intrinsic angular momentum.
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4. Spin
   The attempt to manipulate the depiction of news or events in the media through artful public relations - often used with derogatory connotations.
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5. Spin
   The attempt to place a favourable interpretation on an event so that people or the media will interpret it in that way. Those performing this act are known as spin doctors.
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6. spin
   [n] - a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) 2. [n] - the act of rotating rapidly 3. [v] - stream in jets, of liquids 4. [v] - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one`s own axis 5. [v] - make up a story, as in`spin a yarn` 6. [v] - form a web by making a thread, ...
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7. spin
   Electrons have an intrinsic angular momentum that is similar to what would be observed if they were spinning. Electron spin is sometimes called a 'twoness' property because it can have two values, referred to as 'spin up' and 'spin down'. Nuclei can have spins of their own.
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8. Spin
   The spin of an electron is designated by ms, the electron spin quantum number, which can have values of +1/2 and -1/2.In the presence of an external magnetic field an electron in an orbital can have one of two possible energy states, which depend on wheth
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9. Spin
   The rotationary movement of an aeroplane around its lateral axis, either in descent or, with extreme power, for a short period in a climb. A spin is usually entered purposely by putting on full upward elevator and full rudder at the same time, or, involuntarily, after a stall when one wing drops. So...
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10. spin
    a continuous spiral descent in which the mean angle of attack exceeds the angle of stall Category: Transport
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11. Spin
    Spin transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Spun (Archaic imperfect Span ); present participle & verbal noun Spinning .] [ Anglo-Saxon spinnan
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12. Spin
    Spin intransitive verb 1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin ; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness. « They neither know ...
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13. Spin
    Spin noun 1. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle. [ Colloq.] 2. (Kinematics) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
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14. spin
    1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fibre; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness. 'They neither know to spin, nor care to toll.' (Prior) ... 2. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or ...
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15. spin
    twirl noun the act of rotating rapidly; `he gave the crank a spin`; `it broke off after much twisting`
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16. spin
    noun a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
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17. spin
    verb revolve quickly and repeatedly around one`s own axis; `The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy`
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18. Spin
    • (v. i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis. • (v. t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe. •...
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19. spin
    (from the article `mechanics`) ...motion of the centre of mass, acting as if all the body`s mass were concentrated at that point. The quantity Lc in equation (83) is sometimes ...
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20. Spin
    (from the article `Rock criticism`) ...The Wire, the dance culture-based Mixmag, Germany`s Spex, or American magazines such as Spin (founded in 1985 as a younger, hipper rival to ...
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21. spin
    (from the article `figure skating`) Spins are generally performed on either the back outside or the back inside edge of the blade. A sit spin is done in sitting position, with the body ...
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22. spin
    in physics, the amount of angular momentum associated with a subatomic particle or nucleus and measured in multiples of a unit called the Dirac h, or ... [12 related articles]
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23. Spin
    To shape sheet metal by forcing it against a form as it revolves.
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24. Spin
    Used to describe the angular momentum of the nucleus.
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25. spin
    
    • a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
    • the act of rotating rapidly
    
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