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spinon

spinon  n.— «Just as the body and wheels of a car are thought to be intrinsic parts of a whole, incapable of separate and independent actions, i.e., the body goes right while the wheels go left, so, too, are electrical charge and spin...

holon

holon  n.— «Just as the body and wheels of a car are thought to be intrinsic parts of a whole, incapable of separate and independent actions, i.e., the body goes right while the wheels go left, so, too, are electrical charge and spin...

graveyard spiral

graveyard spiral  n.— «I don’t remember ever hearing of a single crash due to an accidental, recoverable spin. Pilots get killed in graveyard spirals…but they aren’t spins, and the root cause is not the airplane.» —“Re: American...

weathervaning

weathervaning  n.— «“During hurricanes, most construction companies allow their cranes to spin freely in the winds,” said Edmonson. “And I think that is dangerous.” That practice is known in the construction industry as...

sociophysics

sociophysics  n.— «I’m not the only person to think of using spin waves to model crowd behavior; there is an entire field generally referred to as “Sociophysics” which uses them. I originally read about it years ago in a book...

skeet

skeet  v.— «Your girl’s necks bobbin/ to this beat, while I’m typing in silence shooting skeet/ to her cheek to make her remember me.» —“new spin keystyle in the spirit of a drunk” by spinsane the asciist Usenet: alt...

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