spinning top
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spinning top
noun spinning tops
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A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.
Patel says the muons behave a bit like a child’s spinning top, in rotating around the axis of the magnetic field. However, as the muons move, they wobble.
Similar: humming top, spin-top, top
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noun a toy
| Español | peonza, trompo, pirinola, peón, pringa, perinola |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 팽이 paeng'i |
| 日本語 | 独楽 koma, 貝独楽 beigoma |
| 中文 | 陀螺 tuóluó |
| Português | pião |
| Français | toupie |
| Deutsch | Kreisel |
| Italiano | trottola |
| Ελληνικά | σβούρα svoúra |
| Română | titirez |
| Русский | волчо́к volčók, юла́ julá, куба́рь kubárʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đánh quay, cù |
| العربية | دُوَّامَة duwwāma, بُلْبُل bulbul, خُذْرُوف ḵuḏrūf |
| עברית | סְבִיבוֹן s'vivón |
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title = {spinning top},
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