Spin

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Spin may refer to:

• Rotation or spin, a movement of an object in a circular motion
• Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles
• Spin (flight), a special and often intense case of a stall
• Spin (public relations), a heavily biased portrayal of an event or situation
• Spin (breakdance move)
• Spinning (textiles), the process of creating yarn from various raw fiber materials
• Spinning (polymers), a process for creating polymer fibers
• Spins, a state of dizziness and disorientation due to intoxication ("the spins")

In media:

• Spin (film), a 1995 documentary film of politicians' behind-the-scenes conversations
• Spin (2003 film)
• Spin (novel), a novel by Robert Charles Wilson
• Spin (magazine), a pop music magazine
• "Spin" (House episode)

In music:

• Spin (radio), a single play of a song
• SPiN (U.S. band), an American rock band
• Spin (band), a band from the Maltese Islands
• Spin (album), the first solo album by Darren Hayes
• "Spin" (Lifehouse song), a song by Lifehouse from Stanley Climbfall
• "Spin", a song by Taking Back Sunday from Louder Now
• "Spinnin'", a song by Soul Asylum from And the Horse They Rode in On
• "Spinning", a song by Christopher Cross from Christopher Cross
• "Spinning", a song by Jack's Mannequin from The Glass Passenger
• Spin (Eric Roche album), an album by Eric Roche

In sports:

• Spin bowling, a type of bowling technique in cricket
• Spinning, a form of high-intensity exercise using a stationary exercise bicycle
• Poi spinning, a form of juggling
• Figure-skating spin, a skating move
• Wheelspin, spinning the wheels of a vehicle in place

In computing:

• SPIN (software) or Secure Peered Internet
• Spin (programming language), a high-level programming language
• SPIN (operating system), an OS based on Mach
• SPIN (software process), a Software Process Improvement Network
• SPIN model checker, a software tool
• Busy spin, a technique in which a process continually checks whether a condition is true

In other uses:

• Spin group, a particular double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(n)
• Metal spinning, the process of forming metal over a mandrel while spinning around a lathe
• Sufi spinning, a twirling meditation
• Fokker Spin, an airplane built by Anthony Fokker

[edit] See also

• Spinning Around, a song by Kylie Minogue

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