• Japanese: スピン

• ttbc Dutch: draaimoment

See also

• spin doctor

Adjective

1. Describing a spin bowler, or his style of bowling.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

1. spider

Romanian

Etymology

spina.

Noun

1. thorn

Scots

Pronunciation

• /spɪn/

Noun

1. spoon

See also

• spuin

Spin may refer to:

• Rotation, rotating on an axis, spin around, spinning top, etc
• Spin (physics), (or "particle spin") a fundamental property of elementary particles
• Spin group, a particular double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(n)
• Spin (flight), a special and often intense case of a stall
• Spinning (textiles), the process of creating yarn from various raw fiber materials
• Metal spinning, the process of forming metal over a mandrel while spinning around a lathe
• Sufi whirling, a twirling meditation
• Spin (public relations), a heavily biased portrayal of an event or situation
• Fokker Spin, the first airplane built by Anthony Fokker

In media and entertainment:

• Spin (film), 1995 documentary film comprised of unfiltered satellite feeds, exposing politicians' behind the scenes conversations while off-air
• Spin (novel), a book by Robert Charles Wilson
• Spin (graphic firm), a contemporary graphic design firm
• Spin (magazine), pop music magazine
• "Spin" (House episode), an episode of the television series House

In music:

• Spin (album), the first solo album by Darren Hayes
• Spin (Eric Roche album), the second acoustic album by Eric Roche
• Spin (radio), a single play of a song
• Spin (band), from the Maltese Islands
• "Spin" (Lifehouse song), from the album Stanley Climbfall by the rock band Lifehouse
• "Spin", a song from the album Louder Now by alternative rock band Taking Back Sunday
• "Spinnin'", a song from the album And the Horse They Rode in On by alternative rock band Soul Asylum
• "Spinning", a song from musician Christopher Cross's Grammy-winning, self-titled debut album
• "Spinning Around", a song from the album Light Years by Kylie Minogue

In sports:

• Spin bowling, a type of bowling technique in cricket
• Spinning, a fishing technique
• Spinning, a brand of indoor cycling bikes and programs that involve using a stationary bicycle in a classroom setting
• Poi (juggling), youth + circus skills
• Spin (breakdance move), a dancing move
• Figure-skating spin, a skating move
• Wheel spin, in auto racing
• Spin Move, a maneuver in American Football used to avoid being tackled

In computing:

• Busy waiting (Spinning), a technique where a process continually checks whether a condition is true
• SPIN model checker, a software tool
• Secure Peered Internet
• Spin (programming language) a high level programming language
• SPIN (operating system), an OS based on Mach which allows Modula-3 code to be linked into the kernel live
• SPIN (software process), a Software Process Improvement Network

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