Technology
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Spinner (aeronautics), the aerodynamic cone at the hub of an aircraft propeller
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Spinner (cell culture)
A Spinner is a type of bioreactor which features an impeller, stirrer or similar device to agitate the contents (usually a mixture of cells, medium and products like proteins that can be harvested). The vessels are usually made out of glass or ...
, laboratory equipment for cultivating plant or mammalian cells
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Spinner (computing)
A spinner or numeric updown is a graphical control element with which a user may adjust a value in an adjoining text box by either clicking on an up or down arrow, by pressing an arrow key down or moving mouse wheel, causing the value in the tex ...
, a graphical widget in a GUI
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Spinner (MIT Media Lab)
The MIT Media Lab is a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, growing out of MIT's Architecture Machine Group in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, School of Architecture. Its research does not restrict to fi ...
, software that can automatically edit video to fit a narrative structure
Arts and entertainment
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''Spinner'' (album), a 1995 album by Brian Eno & Jah Wobble
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Spinner (Blade Runner), a flying car from the film ''Blade Runner''
People
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Spinner (surname) Spinner is the surname of:
* Bryson Spinner (born 1980), American football quarterback
* Francis E. Spinner (1802–1890), U.S. Representative from New York
* Jackie Spinner (born 1970), American journalist
* Leopold Spinner (1906–1980), ...
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Brian Spencer (1949–1988), Canadian National Hockey League player nicknamed "Spinner"
Fictional characters
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Spinner (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia''
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Spinner Mason
'' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada and ...
, in the TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''
*Spinner, in the animated TV series ''
Clutch Cargo''
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Dorothy Spinner
Dorothy Spinner is a fictional character created by Paul Kupperberg, appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was a former member of the Doom Patrol with the ability to bring imaginary beings to life. She first appeared in ''D ...
, a DC Comics character.
*Spinner, a villain of
Batman
Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...
from
DC Comics
Sports and games
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Spinner (dominoes)
The following is a glossary of terms used in dominoes. Besides the terms listed here, there are numerous regional or local slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific, i.e. specific to one particular version of dominoes, but a ...
, a domino tile that may be played on four ways
*a
spin bowler in cricket
*a style of delivery in
Ten-pin bowling
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Fidget spinner, a stress relieving toy
Other uses
*a person who
spins textiles
*a person who engages in
article spinning
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Spinnerbait, a type of fishing lure
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Spinner (website), a music website owned by AOL
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Spinner (wheel), an accessory that goes on an automobile wheel and spins independently
*Spinner, a locomotive of the former
Midland Railway 115 Class in the UK
*a machine used to do
spin coating in manufacturing
*a wind spinner or
whirligig
See also
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Spinner dolphin, a dolphin species
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Spinner shark
The spinner shark (''Carcharhinus brevipinna'') is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, named for the spinning leaps it makes as a part of its feeding strategy. This species occurs in tropical and warm temperate waters worldw ...
, a shark species
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Spinor (mathematics)
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Spinners (disambiguation) Spinners can refer to:
In music:
* The Spinners (American R&B group), an American R&B/soul group active from 1957 to the present
** ''Spinners'' (album), the group's third studio album, released in 1973
** '' The Spinners: Their Early Years'', a c ...
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Bamboo-copter, a spinner toy
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