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Spinning vs Gravitomagnetism - What's the difference?

spinning | gravitomagnetism |

As nouns the difference between spinning and gravitomagnetism

is that spinning is the motion of something that spins while gravitomagnetism is (physics) the property of a spinning mass that twists spacetime.

As an adjective spinning

is rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling.

As a verb spinning

is .

spinning

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
  • , author=Frank Fish, George Lauder , title=Not Just Going with the Flow , volume=101, issue=2, page=114 , magazine= citation , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning , cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The motion of something that spins.
  • * 2005 , Geoffrey Hemphill, Nico and the Unseen - A Voyage Into the Fourth Dimension (page 258)
  • these uncontrollable spinnings of the head
  • The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
  • Indoor cycling.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Derived terms

    * spinning frame * spinning jenny * spinning mule * spinning wheel ----

    gravitomagnetism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia gravitomagnetism) (-)
  • (physics) The property of a spinning mass that twists spacetime
  • Synonyms

    *frame dragging