Spin

Spin or spinning may refer to:

Businesses

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

Computing

• SPIN model checker, Gerard Holzmann's tool for formal verification of distributed software systems
• SPIN (operating system), a Mach-like OS written in Modula-3
• Spin (programming language), a high-level programming language
• SPIN (software process), a Software Process Improvement Network
• Busy waiting or spinning

Films

• Spin (1995 film), a documentary film
• Spin (2003 film), a film by James Redford
• Spin (2007 film), a film by Henry Pincus
• Spin, a 2010 short film by Max Hattler
• 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

Literature

• Spin (magazine), an American music magazine
• 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
• Spin, a fictional power in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"

Music

• Spin (radio), a single play of a song

Groups

• SPiN (band), an American Alternative Rock / Power pop band
• Spin (Maltese band), an industrial band
• Spin, a Dutch funk band, an offshoot of Ekseption

Albums

• Spin (Darren Hayes album) (2002)
• Spin (Scullion album) (1985)
• Spin (Tigers Jaw album) (2017)
• The Spin, a 1989 album by Yellowjackets
• Spin, a 2001 album by Eric Roche
• Spin, the self-titled 1976 album by the Ekseption offshoot band Spin

Songs

• "Spin" (Trey Anastasio song) (2005)
• "Spin" (Lifehouse song) (2002)
• Spinning (No Rome, Charli XCX and The 1975 song) (2021)
• "Spinning", a 1979 song by Christopher Cross from Christopher Cross
• "Spinning", a 2008 song by Jack's Mannequin from The Glass Passenger
• "Spinnin'", a 1990 song by Soul Asylum from And the Horse They Rode In On
• "Spin", a 2006 song by Taking Back Sunday from Louder Now
• "Spinning", a 2009 song by Transatlantic from The Whirlwind

Physics and mathematics

• Spinning, a rotation or circular motion of an object around an internal axis
• Spin (aerodynamics), autorotation of an aerodynamically stalled aeroplane
• Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles
• SPIN bibliographic database, an indexing and abstracting service focusing on physics research

Sports

• Indoor cycling, often called spinning, a form of exercise
  • Spinning (cycling), an indoor cycling brand
• Spinning (motorsport), a South African motorsport
• Figure skating spins, a number of different skating moves
• Poi spinning, a form of juggling
• Spin bowling, a type of bowling technique in cricket
• Spin fishing
• Spinning, a vertical-axis style of delivery in ten-pin bowling

Technology

• Spinning (polymers), a process for creating polymer fibres
• Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together
  • Hand spinning, textile art to create yarn by hand
• Metal spinning, the process of forming metal over a mandrel while rotating on a lathe
• Chevrolet Spin, a mini multi-purpose vehicle
• Fokker Spin, an aeroplane built by Anthony Fokker

Television

• Spin (TV series) or Les Hommes de l'ombre, a 2012 French political drama series
• "Spin" (Charlie Jade), an episode of Charlie Jade
• "Spin" (House), a 2005 episode of House
• Spin, a character on Really Wild Animals

Other uses

• Spin (b-boy move)
• Spinning (IPO), a form of financial bribery used by brokerages to gain corporate business
• Spin (propaganda), a heavily biased portrayal of an event or situation
• Spins, 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, a SEO approach of using equivalent phrases to rewrite articles
• Pen spinning
• 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, spinning the wheels of a vehicle in place

See also

• Aerotrim, a gyroscope large enough to contain a human being
• Flat spin (disambiguation)
• Spin group, a particular double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(n)
• Spin tensor, a tensor quantity for describing spinning motion in special relativity and general relativity
• Spin-off (disambiguation)
• Spinnerbait
• Spun (disambiguation)
• Sufi spinning, a twirling meditation
• Tailspin (disambiguation)
• Twirling