Definition of spins Spins
/spɪˈnz/ - [spinz] -
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What does spins mean?
Wiktionary 
- spins (Noun)
Plural of spin.
Part of speech
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| spin - the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" | ||
| twirl, twist, twisting, whirl | ||
| rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" | ||
| pirouette (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) | ||
| spin - a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) | ||
| gyration, revolution, rotation the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | ||
| backspin spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion | ||
| english, side the discipline that studies the English language and literature | ||
| spin - a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story" | ||
| spin - a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin" | ||
| spin - rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral | ||
| tailspin | ||
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| spin - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" | ||
| spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate | ||
| revolve, go around, rotate turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" | ||
| whirligig whirl or spin like a whirligig | ||
| spin - work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk" | ||
| twine, distort, twist make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope" | ||
| spin - twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing" | ||
| lay out, present, represent provide a detailed plan or design; "She laid out her plans for the new house" | ||
| sugarcoat cause to appear more pleasant or appealing; "The mayor did not sugarcoat the reality of the tax cuts" | ||
| spin - form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web" | ||
| extrude, squeeze out form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel" | ||
| create from raw material, create from raw stuff make from scratch | ||
| spin - stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods" | ||
| well out, stream exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" | ||
| centrifugate, centrifuge rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | ||
| spin - prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" | ||
| spin out | ||
| protract, prolong, draw out, extend lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" | ||
| spin - make up a story; "spin a yarn" | ||
| cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up make up something artificial or untrue | ||
| spin - cause to spin; "spin a coin" | ||
| whirl, birl, twirl | ||
| circumvolve, rotate plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil" | ||
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Wiktionary
- spin (Noun)
Circular motion. - spin (Noun)
A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment . - spin (Noun)
A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation. - spin (Noun)
Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces. - spin (Noun)
A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion. - spin (Noun)
A brief trip by vehicle. - spin (Noun)
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments. - spin (Verb)
To rotate, revolve, gyrate usually quickly; to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. - spin (Verb)
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together. - spin (Verb)
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance. - spin (Verb)
To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch. - spin (Verb)
To move sideways when bouncing. - spin (Verb)
To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar. - spin (Adjective)
Describing a spin bowler , or his style of bowling.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spin (v. t.)
To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material. - spin (v. t.)
To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject. - spin (v. t.)
To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. - spin (v. t.)
To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top. - spin (v. t.)
To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc. - spin (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. - spin (v. i.)
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. - spin (v. i.)
To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis. - spin (v. i.)
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein. - spin (v. i.)
To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc. - spin (n.)
The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle. - spin (n.)
Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To position by moving an object around its axis. -
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To make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding natural fibers.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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spin, v.t. to draw out and twist into threads: to draw out a thread as spiders do: to draw out tediously: to cause to whirl rapidly: to fish with a swivel or spoon-bait: to reject at an examination.—v.i. to practise the art or trade of spinning, to perform the act of spinning: to issue in a small or thread-like current: to whirl, to go fast:—pr.p. spin′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. spun.—n. a rapid revolving motion, a spurt at high speed.—ns. Spin′ner, one who spins: (Shak.) a spider: a spinneret
Wikipedia 
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magazine
"Spin" is a music magazine that competes with the leading magazine "Rolling Stone". Bob Guccione, Jr. created the magazine in 1985 and sold it to Miller Publishing in 1997. In February 2006, Miller Publishing sold the magazine for less than US$5 million to a San Francisco-based company called the McEvoy Group LLC. That company formed Spin Media LLC as a holding company. The new owners replaced the editor-in-chief Sia Michel with Andy Pemberton, who was once an editor at "Blender". The first issue to be published once he took over was the July 2006 issue—sent to the printer in May 2006—which had Beyoncé on the cover. Pemberton left "Spin" in June 2006. The current editor-in-chief is Doug Brod, who was executive editor from May 2003, and became editor-in-chief in January 2007. -
physics
In physics, spin is the angular momentum of a particle.
For large visible objects like the earth, spin is the angular momentum of the turning of the earth around its axis. This tells the amount of rotation that it has. Angular momentum changes with the mass and shape of the object, and with how fast it is turning.
Spin in Quantum Theory.
Experiments such as the Stern-Gerlach experiment have shown that sub-atomic particles such as electrons seem to have a north pole and a south pole much like magnets do. Scientists once thought that this was caused by the particle spinning on its axis much like a planet does.
Later, it was shown that the electron would have to be spinning faster than the speed of light to do this. This is why scientists no longer belive that the electron is actually spinning like a planet. Scientists do, however, continue to refer to the magnetic properties of subatomic particles as "spin". Despite the name, no one is entirely sure about exactly what is going on inside the electron that gives it its magnetic properties.
Spin, whatever it is, seems to obey some of the regular laws of angular momentum but not all of them. A "spinning" electron (or any other sub-atomic particle with spin, for that matter) can only have certain values of angular momentum. Electrons can also align themselves against a magnetic field in ways that would be impossible in the everyday world.
