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Spin or spinning most often refers to:

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• Physics and mathematics
• Textile arts
• Sports
• Technology
• Computing
• Books and publications
• Businesses
• Film and TV
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• Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles
• Spin quantum number, a number which defines the value of a particle's spin
• Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together, traditionally by hand spinning
• Spin (geometry), the rotation of an object around an internal axis
• Spin (propaganda), an intentionally biased portrayal of something

Spin, spinning or spinnin may also refer to:

Physics and mathematics

• Spin group, Spin(n), a particular double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(n)
  • the corresponding spin algebra, ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {spin}}(n)}$
• Spin tensor, a tensor quantity for describing spinning motion in special relativity and general relativity
• Spin (aerodynamics), autorotation of an aerodynamically stalled aeroplane
• SPIN bibliographic database, an indexing and abstracting service focusing on physics research

Textile arts

• Spinning (polymers), a process for creating polymer fibres
  • Hand spinning, textile art to create yarn by hand

Sports

• Spin imparted on a ball in sports such as;
  • Cue sports
  • Pickleball
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
• Indoor cycling, often called spinning, a form of exercise
  • Spinning (cycling), an indoor cycling brand
• SPiN, a chain of tennis table parlors
• Spinning (motorsport), a South African motorsport
• Figure skating spins, a number of different skating moves
• Poi spinning, a form of juggling
• Spin bowling, a type of bowling technique in cricket
• Spin fishing
• Pen spinning
• Spinning, a vertical-axis style of delivery in ten-pin bowling

Technology

• Metal spinning, the process of forming metal over a mandrel while rotating on a lathe
• Chevrolet Spin, a mini multi-purpose vehicle
• Fokker Spin, an aeroplane built by Anthony Fokker

Computing

• SPIN model checker, Gerard Holzmann's tool for formal verification of distributed software systems
• SPIN (operating system), a Mach-like OS written in Modula-3
• Spin (programming language), a high-level programming language
• SPIN (software process), a Software Process Improvement Network
• Busy waiting or spinning

Books and publications

• Spin (magazine), an American music website and print magazine, 1985–present
• Spin (novel), a 2005 novel by Robert Charles Wilson
• Spinning (comics), a 2017 graphic novel memoir by Tillie Walden
• Spin, a 2004 novel by Martin Sixsmith
• Spin (DC Comics), a fictional villain from DC Comics
• Steel Ball Run , a character in the series named Gyro Zeppeli Uses Steel Balls as his weapon,Those Steel Balls are using the method of Spin and Rotational energy to attack

Businesses

• SPIN (cable system) or South Pacific Island Network
• Spin (company), an American scooter-sharing system
• SPiN, a chain of table tennis lounges

Film and TV

Music

• Spin (radio), a single play of a song
• Spinnin' Records, a Dutch electronic music label

Other uses

• Spin (b-boy move)
• Spinning (IPO), a form of financial bribery used by brokerages to gain corporate business
• Spins, a state of dizziness and disorientation due to intoxication ("the spins")
• Social Phobia Inventory or SPIN, a psychological test of social anxiety disorder
• Article spinning, a SEO approach of using equivalent phrases to rewrite articles
• Road agent's spin or "Curly Bill spin", a gunfighting maneuver utilized as a ruse when forced to surrender a side arm to an unfriendly party
• Wheelspin, spinning the wheels of a vehicle in place
• Spinnerbait, a type of fishing lure
• Sufi spinning, a twirling meditation

See also

• Flat spin (disambiguation)
• Spin-off (disambiguation)
• Spun (disambiguation)
• Tailspin (disambiguation)
• Twirling
• All pages with titles beginning with Spin
• All pages with titles containing Spin
• All pages with titles beginning with Spinning
• All pages with titles containing Spinning

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