Usually means: Intrinsic form of angular momentum.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. spin: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. spin, spin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. SPIN, spin: The Word Spy
  4. spin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. spin: Collins English Dictionary
  6. spin: Vocabulary.com
  7. Spin, spin: Wordnik
  8. spin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. spin: Wiktionary
  10. spin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. spin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. spin: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. spin: Dictionary.com
  14. spin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. spin: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. SPIN (operating system), SPiN (band), SPiN, Spin(3), Spin(7), Spin(8), Spin (Darren Hayes album), Spin (House), Spin (Lifehouse song), Spin (TV series), Spin (Tigers Jaw album), Spin (aerodynamics), Spin (b-boy move), Spin (comics), Spin (company), Spin (flight), Spin (magazine), Spin (novel), Spin (physics), Spin (political), Spin (programming language), Spin (propaganda), Spin (public relations), Spin, The Spin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Spin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. spin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. spin: Rhymezone
  20. spin, spin (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. spin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. spin: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. spin: Free Dictionary
  24. spin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. spin: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. spin: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spin-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Spin (politics), spin: Legal dictionary
  3. spin: Financial dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. spin: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. spin: Netlingo
  3. Spin (disambiguation), Spin (flight), Spin (politics), spin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Spin (disambiguation), Spin (politics), spin: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. SPIN, SPIN: Acronym Finder
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. spin: Idioms

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Spin: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. Spin: Extragalactic Astronomy
  4. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)
  6. Accelerator Glossary (No longer online)
  7. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. s.p.i.n: Urban Dictionary

Sports (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Mountain Bike Slang (No longer online)
  2. Spin: Croquet
  3. Spin: Tennis Glossary
  4. Extreme Martial Arts Glosary (No longer online)
  5. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  6. Spin: Bicycle Glossary
  7. Spin: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)
  3. spin: Chapters in the Sky

(Note: See spining as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
verb:  (aviation, of an aircraft) To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
verb:  (aviation, of a pilot) To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode).
verb:  (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
verb:  (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
verb:  (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
verb:  (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
verb:  (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
verb:  To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) 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.
verb:  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.
verb:  To move swiftly.
verb:  To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
verb:  (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
verb:  (cycling, intransitive)
verb:  To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
verb:  To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
verb:  (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
verb:  (transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
verb:  (fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
verb:  (archaic, transitive, slang) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).
noun:  Rapid circular motion.
noun:  A state of confusion or disorientation.
noun:  (quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
noun:  A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
noun:  (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
noun:  (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
noun:  (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
noun:  (mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
noun:  A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
noun:  A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
noun:  A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
noun:  (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
noun:  (dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
noun:  (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
noun:  (autism, slang) A special interest of an autistic person.
noun:  (nautical) Clipping of spinnaker. [(nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.]

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