Spin or spinning most often refers to: *

Spinning (textiles) Spinning is a twisting technique to form yarn from fibers. The fiber intended is drawn out, twisted, and wound onto a bobbin. A few popular fibers that are spun into yarn other than cotton, which is the most popular, are viscose (the most common ...

, the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together, traditionally by

hand spinning Spinning is an ancient textile arts, textile art in which fibre crop, plant, animal fibre, animal or synthetic fibre, synthetic fibres are drawn out and twisted together to form yarn. For thousands of years, fibre was spun by hand using simple ...

* Spin, the

rotation Rotation, or spin, is the circular movement of an object around a '' central axis''. A two-dimensional rotating object has only one possible central axis and can rotate in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. A three-dimensional ...

of an object around a central axis *

Spin (propaganda) In public relations and politics, spin is a form of propaganda, achieved through knowingly providing a biased interpretation of an event or campaigning to influence public opinion about some organization or public figure. While traditional publ ...

, an intentionally biased portrayal of something Spin, spinning or spinnin may also refer to:

Physics and mathematics

* Spin, the

of an object around a central axis *

Spin (physics) Spin is a conserved quantity carried by elementary particles, and thus by composite particles (hadrons) and atomic nucleus, atomic nuclei. Spin is one of two types of angular momentum in quantum mechanics, the other being ''orbital angular moment ...

or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles *

Spin group In mathematics the spin group Spin(''n'') page 15 is the double cover of the special orthogonal group , such that there exists a short exact sequence of Lie groups (when ) :1 \to \mathrm_2 \to \operatorname(n) \to \operatorname(n) \to 1. As a L ...

, a particular double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(''n'') *

Spin tensor In mathematics, mathematical physics, and theoretical physics, the spin tensor is a quantity used to describe the rotational motion of particles in spacetime. The tensor has application in general relativity and special relativity, as well as qu ...

, a tensor quantity for describing spinning motion in special relativity and general relativity *

Spin (aerodynamics) In flight dynamics a spin is a special category of stall resulting in autorotation (uncommanded roll) about the aircraft's longitudinal axis and a shallow, rotating, downward path approximately centred on a vertical axis. Spins can be entered ...

, autorotation of an aerodynamically stalled aeroplane *

SPIN bibliographic database SPIN (Searchable Physics Information Notices) bibliographic database is an indexing and abstracting service produced by the American Institute of Physics (AIP). The content focus of SPIN is described as the most significant areas of physics resear ...

, an indexing and abstracting service focusing on physics research

Textile arts

Spinning (polymers) Spinning is a manufacturing process for creating polymer fibers. It is a specialized form of extrusion that uses a spinneret to form multiple continuous filaments.. Melt Spinning If the polymer is a thermoplastic then it can undergo melt spinnin ...

, a process for creating polymer fibres *

, the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together **

Hand spinning Spinning is an ancient textile arts, textile art in which fibre crop, plant, animal fibre, animal or synthetic fibre, synthetic fibres are drawn out and twisted together to form yarn. For thousands of years, fibre was spun by hand using simple ...

, textile art to create yarn by hand

Sports

* Spin imparted on a ball in sports such as; **

Cue sports Cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered table bounded by elastic bumpers known as . There are three major subdivisions of ...

Pickleball Pickleball is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where two players (singles), or four players (doubles), hit a perforated hollow polymer ball over a net using solid-faced paddles. Opponents on either side of the net hit the ball back and ...

Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Indoor cycling Indoor cycling, often called spinning, is a form of exercise with classes focusing on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity (race days) and recovery, and involves using a special stationary exercise bicycle with a weighted flywheel in a c ...

, often called spinning, a form of exercise **

Spinning (cycling) Spinning is a brand of indoor bicycles and indoor cycling instruction classes distributed and licensed by the American health and fitness company Mad Dogg Athletics. Launched in 1993, the brand has become a popular term to refer to indoor bicy ...

, an indoor cycling brand *

Spinning (motorsport) Spinning is a South African motorsport that involves driving cars at speed in circles and performing stunts in and out of the car. It originated in Soweto in the late 1980s, and was performed as a funeral ritual in which a stolen car was spun arou ...

, a South African motorsport *

Figure skating spins Spins are an element in figure skating in which the skater rotates, centered on a single point on the ice, while holding one or more body positions. They are performed by all disciplines of the sport, single skating, pair skating, and ice dance ...

, a number of different skating moves *

Poi spinning Poi is a performing art and also the name of the equipment used for its performance. As a skill toy, poi is an object or theatrical prop used for dexterity play or an object manipulation. As a performance art, poi involves swinging tethered we ...

, a form of juggling *

Spin bowling Spin bowling is a bowling technique in cricket, in which the ball is delivered slowly but with the potential to deviate sharply after bouncing. The bowler is referred to as a spinner. Purpose The main aim of spin bowling is to bowl the cricket ...

, a type of bowling technique in cricket *

Spin fishing Spin fishing is an angling technique where a spinnerbait, a type of hybrid fishing lure with at least one freely rotating blade, is used to entice the fish to bite. When the fishing line, line is fishing reel, reeled back, the spinnerbait blades w ...

Pen spinning Pen spinning is a form of object manipulation that involves the deft manipulation of a writing instrument with hands. Although it is often considered a form of self-entertainment (usually in a school or office setting), multinational competitions ...

* Spinning, a vertical-axis style of delivery in

ten-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The objective is to knock down all ten pins on the first roll ...

Technology

Metal spinning Metal spinning, also known as spin forming or spinning or metal turning most commonly, is a metalworking process by which a disc or tube of metal is rotated at high speed and formed into an axially symmetric part. Spinning can be performed by hand ...

, the process of forming metal over a mandrel while rotating on a lathe *

Chevrolet Spin The Chevrolet Spin is a mini MPV produced by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque. Developed by GM do Brasil, the vehicle replaced the Meriva and Zafira in South America with an option of two-row and three-row seating. It is produced in ...

, a mini multi-purpose vehicle *

Fokker Spin The Fokker ''Spin'' was the first airplane built by Dutch aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker. The many bracing wires used to strengthen the aircraft made it resemble a giant spider, hence its name ''Spin'', Dutch for "spider". Fokker built the ''Spi ...

, an aeroplane built by Anthony Fokker

Computing

SPIN model checker SPIN is a general tool for verifying the correctness of concurrent software models in a rigorous and mostly automated fashion. It was written by Gerard J. Holzmann and others in the original Unix group of the Computing Sciences Research Center ...

Gerard Holzmann Gerard J. Holzmann (born 1951) is a Dutch-American computer scientist and researcher at Bell Labs and NASA, best known as the developer of the SPIN model checker. Biography Holzmann was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and received an Engineer' ...

's tool for formal verification of distributed software systems *

SPIN (operating system) The SPIN operating system is a research project implemented in the computer programming language Modula-3, and is an open source project. It is designed with three goals: flexibility, safety, and performance. SPIN was developed at the University o ...

, a Mach-like OS written in Modula-3 *

Spin (programming language) The Parallax P8X32A Propeller is a multi-core processor parallel computer architecture microcontroller chip with eight 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) central processing unit (CPU) cores. Introduced in 2006, it is designed and sold ...

, a high-level programming language * SPIN (software process), a Software Process Improvement Network *

Busy waiting In computer science and software engineering, busy-waiting, busy-looping or spinning is a technique in which a process repeatedly checks to see if a condition is true, such as whether keyboard input or a lock is available. Spinning can also be use ...

or spinning

Books and publications

* ''Spin'' (magazine), an American music website and former print magazine, 1985–present * ''Spin'' (novel), a 2005 novel by Robert Charles Wilson * ''Spinning'' (comics), a 2017 graphic novel memoir by Tillie Walden * ''Spin'', a 2004 novel by

Martin Sixsmith Martin Sixsmith (born 24 September 1954) is a British author and radio/television presenter, primarily working for the BBC. He has also worked as an adviser to the Labour government and to the BBC television comedy series ''The Thick of It''. Si ...

* Spin, a fictional power in the Japanese manga series "''

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly ''seinen'' manga ...

''", 1987–present

Businesses

* SPIN (cable system) or South Pacific Island Network * Spin (company), an American scooter-sharing system * SPiN, a chain of table tennis lounges

Film and TV

Films

* ''Spin'' (1995 film), a documentary film * ''Spin'' (2003 film), a film by James Redford * ''Spin'', a 2010 short film by

Max Hattler Max Hattler is a German video artist and experimental filmmaker. He created the kaleidoscopic political short films "Collision" (2005) and "Spin" (2010), abstract stop motion works "Shift" (2012) and "AANAATT" (2008), and psychedelic animation ...

* ''Spin'' (2015 film), a short film directed by Noah Workman and written by Wilson Cleveland * ''Spin'' (2021 film), a film starring Avantika Vandanapu and directed by Manjari Makijany

Television

* ''Spin'' (TV series) or ', a 2012 French political drama series * "Spin" (''Charlie Jade''), a 2005 episode of the science fiction television program ''Charlie Jade'' * "Spin" (''House''), a 2005 episode of the American medical drama television series ''House'' * Spin, an anthropomorphic globe character that narrates the ''

Really Wild Animals ''Really Wild Animals'' is an American children's nature series, hosted by Dudley Moore as Spin, an anthropomorphic globe. Comprising 13 episodes, it was released between October 24, 1993, and March 6, 1996. It was nominated for five national ...

'' television series, 1993–1996

Music

Spin (radio) In broadcasting, rotation is the repeated airing of a limited playlist of songs on a radio station or satellite radio channel, or music videos on a TV network. They are usually in a different order each time. However, they are not completely sh ...

, a single play of a song *

Spinnin' Records Spinnin' Records is a Dutch electronic music record label founded in 1999 by Eelko van Kooten and Roger de Graaf. In September 2017, Warner Music Group acquired Spinnin' Records for over $100 million. Background Van Kooten is the son of former ...

, a Dutch electronic music label

Groups

SPiN (band) SPiN is a four-piece American alternative rock / power pop band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area whose first EP ''Home'' was internationally released in 2010. "Stellar musicianship, vocals and writing make this one not to be missed" wrot ...

, an American alternative rock / power pop band *

Spin (Maltese band) Spin or spinning most often refers to: * Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together, traditionally by hand spinning * Spin, the rotation of an object around a central axis * Spin (propaganda), an intentionally b ...

, an industrial band *

Sp!n Gene were a British rock band that rose to prominence in the mid-1990s. Formed in 1993, they were categorized by the UK music press as a Britpop band and often drew comparisons to the Smiths because of similarities to Morrissey in the demeano ...

, a British rock band * Spin, a Dutch funk band, an offshoot of

Ekseption Ekseption was a Dutch rock band active from 1967 to 1989, playing mostly-instrumental progressive rock and classical rock. The central character in the changing roster, and the only band member present on every album, was conservatory-trained tru ...

Albums

* ''Spin'' (Darren Hayes album), 2002 * ''Spin'' (Tigers Jaw album), 2017 * ''Spin'', a 1976 album by Spin, an offshoot band of Ekseption * ''Spin'', a 1985 album by

Scullion Scullion may refer to: * The Irish surname derived from 'Ó Scolláin' meaning 'descendant of the/a scholar' * a servant from the lower classes. Music * Scullion (group), an Irish folk rock band * ''Scullion'' (album) People with the surname ...

* ''Spin'', a 2001 album by

Eric Roche Eric Roche (4 December 1967 – 6 September 2005) was an Irish fingerstyle guitarist. Biography Roche was born in New York City, after which his family moved to Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He was an accountant, but practised only for a shor ...

* ''The Spin'', a 1989 album by

Yellowjackets A yellowjacket is a black-and-yellow vespid wasp. Yellowjacket(s) or Yellow Jacket(s) may also refer to: Places * Yellow Jacket, Colorado, an unincorporated town * Yellow Jacket, Florida, an unincorporated area in Dixie County, Florida Arts, e ...

Songs

* "Spin" (song), a 2002 song by Lifehouse * "Spin", a song by Trey Anastasio from the album '' Shine'', 2005 * "Spin", a song by Taking Back Sunday from the album ''

Louder Now ''Louder Now'' is the third studio album by American rock band Taking Back Sunday. In April 2005, the group had begun writing material for the album. Two months later, they signed with Warner Bros. Records and contributed a song to the ''Fantasti ...

'', 2006 * "Spinning" (song), a 2021 song by No Rome, Charli XCX and the 1975 * "Spinning", a song by Christopher Cross and Valerie Carter from the album '' Christopher Cross'', 1979 * "Spinning", a song by Jack's Mannequin from the album ''

The Glass Passenger ''The Glass Passenger'' is the second studio album by American rock band Jack's Mannequin. Frontman Andrew McMahon was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in mid-2005 following the recording of their debut album '' Everything in Trans ...

'', 2008 * "Spinning", a song by Transatlantic from the album ''

The Whirlwind ''The Whirlwind'' is the third studio album by the band Transatlantic, released on October 23, 2009. It is available in three formats: a standard edition, a double disc special edition and a deluxe edition with a 105-minute making-of DVD. The m ...

'', 2009 * "Spinnin, a song by Soul Asylum from the album ''

And the Horse They Rode In On or AND may refer to: Logic, grammar, and computing * Conjunction (grammar), connecting two words, phrases, or clauses * Logical conjunction in mathematical logic, notated as "∧", "⋅", "&", or simple juxtaposition * Bitwise AND, a boole ...

'', 1990

Other uses

* Spin (b-boy move) *

Spinning (IPO) Spinning (IPO) is the act or practice of an investment bank offering under-priced shares of a company's initial public offerings to the senior executives of a third party company in exchange for future business with the investment bank. Mishkin, Fre ...

, a form of financial bribery used by brokerages to gain corporate business *

Spins The spins (as in having "the spins")Diane Marie Leiva. ''The Florida State University College of Education''Women's Voices on College Drinking: The First-Year College Experience"/ref> is an adverse reaction of intoxication that causes a state of v ...

, a state of dizziness and disorientation due to intoxication ("the spins") * Social Phobia Inventory or SPIN, a psychological test of social anxiety disorder *

Article spinning Article spinning is a writing technique used in search engine optimization (SEO), and other applications, which creates what deceitfully appears to be new content from what already exists. Content spinning works by replacing specific words, phras ...

, a SEO approach of using equivalent phrases to rewrite articles * Road agent's spin or "Curly Bill spin", a gunfighting maneuver utilized as a ruse when forced to surrender a side arm to an unfriendly party *

Wheelspin A wheelspin occurs when the force delivered to the tire tread exceeds that of available tread-to-surface friction and one or more tires lose traction.This leads the wheels to "spin" and causes the driver to lose control over the tires that no lo ...

, spinning the wheels of a vehicle in place *

Spinnerbait A spinnerbait or spinner is any one of a family of hybrid fishing lures that combines the designs of a swimbait with one or more spoon lure blades. Spinnerbaits get the name from the action of the metallic blades, which passively revolve around ...

Sufi spinning Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) ( tr, Semazen borrowed from Persian Sama-zan, Sama, meaning ''listening'', from Arabic, and zan, meaning doer, from Persian) is a form of physically active meditation which originated among certain Sufism, Sufi g ...

, a twirling meditation