overspinning

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noun

Excessive spinning

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Meanings

nounoverspinning (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive spinning

    Here we show that overspinning is always averted once back-reaction from the particle's own gravity is properly taken into account.

    2015, Marta Colleoni, Leor Barack, Abhay G. Shah, Maarten van de Meent, “Self-force as a cosmic censor in the Kerr overspinning problem”, in arXiv

Origin

From over- + spinning.

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overspinning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overspinning

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“overspinning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overspinning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overspinning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overspinning.

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