spin Définition - Anglais Dictionnaire | spin Explications et Prononciations

Circular motion.
1. The car went into a spin.
2. The skaters demonstrated their spins.
3. He put some spin on the cue ball.

(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.

(sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.

A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.

A single play of a record by a radio station.

(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
1. I spun myself around a few times.
2. Spin the ball on the floor.
3. She spun around and gave him a big smile.

In every administration there will be spokesmen and public affairs officers who try to spin the news to make the president look good. But this administration is trying to spin scientific data and muzzle scientists toward that end.

(cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

(cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.

(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar.

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.

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.

To twist (hay) into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition.

(computing, programming) VI To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.

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Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- The life span of this species is a minimum of 7 years [20 ] and it is capable of adapting to eurythermic and euryhaline environments [21 ].
- Now, more than 300 years later, Walt Disney lias spun the idea into a whoop-dee-doo of comic characters, a spatterdash of Technicolor and a u-dee-dah of nostalgic melodies.
- Turbinado is usually made by squeezing the juice out of crushed sugar cane, then spinning what's left after evaporation through a huge centrifuge.
Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- If you don’t cut that out, I’m going to whomp you so hard your head will spin!
- So they went in to where Gudruda sat spinning in the hall, singing as she span.
- I kicked the tires and then the salesperson invited me to take the car for a spin.

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