spinning top

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A Japanese spinning top
Large tin top with sound

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spinning top (plural spinning tops)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms: humming top, spin-top, top
    • 2023 August 11, Nicola Davis, “Scientists may be on brink of discovering fifth force of nature”, in The Guardian[1]:
      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.

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