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the universe's favorite trick for turning motion into stillness, dizziness into grace.

means The act of rotating rapidly around a center point, or the process of twisting fibers into thread.

from From Old English 'spinnan,' to draw out and twist fibers into thread — a word rooted in the ancient craft of the spindle. It belongs to a wide Germanic family (compare German 'spinnen' and Dutch 'spinnen'), and likely traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to stretch' or 'to draw out.' The whirling sense came naturally, since the spinning wheel and spindle both turned round and round as they worked — so the word for making thread quietly became the word for turning in circles.

figure skating
top spins exceed 300 revolutions per minute
earth's secret
equator moves 1,000 miles per hour spinning
inner ear
dizziness is fluid still swirling after you stop
silk origin
spinning meant twisting fiber long before machines
neutron stars
pulsars spin hundreds of times per second
for instance

darvish varzin world record — iranian athlete spun a basketball on his finger for 4 hours 15 minutes in 2016

peloton indoor cycling — fitness company with 2.3 million members using stationary bikes with live spinning classes

figure skating spin — kamila valieva executed 4 consecutive camel spins at 2022 beijing olympics

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