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• spin — [spin] vt. spun, spinning [ME spinnen < OE spinnan, akin to Ger spinnen < IE base * (s)pen(d) , to pull, draw, spin > Lith spéndžiu, to lay a snare & (prob.) L pendere, to hang] 1. a) to draw out and twist fibers of (wool, cotton, etc.)… …   English World dictionary

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• spin — spin1 S3 [spın] v past tense and past participle spun [spʌn] present participle spinning ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(turn around)¦ 2 somebody s head is spinning 3¦(situation/information)¦ 4 spin a tale/story/yarn 5¦(wool/cotton)¦ 6¦(drive)¦ 7 spin your wheels …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• spin — 1 past tense and past participle spun verb 1 TURN AROUND (I, T) to turn around and around very quickly, or to make something do this: The ice skater was spinning faster and faster. | spin the roulette wheel | spin (sth/sb) around: Liz spun around …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• spin — [[t]spɪ̱n[/t]] ♦♦♦ spins, spinning, spun 1) V ERG If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point. The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute... The Earth spins on its own axis...… …   English dictionary

• spin off — {v. phr.} To bring something into existence as a byproduct of something that already exists. * /When Dr. Catwallender opened his medical practice, he also spun off a small dispensary beside it where patients could get their prescriptions filled./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• spin off — {v. phr.} To bring something into existence as a byproduct of something that already exists. * /When Dr. Catwallender opened his medical practice, he also spun off a small dispensary beside it where patients could get their prescriptions filled./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Spin-off (media) — In media, a spin off, sometimes called a sidequel,[1] is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that… …   Wikipedia

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• Spin-orbit interaction — In quantum physics, the spin orbit interaction (also called spin orbit effect or spin orbit coupling ) is any interaction of a particle s spin with its motion. The first and best known example of this is that spin orbit interaction causes shifts… …   Wikipedia