Spinner

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Spinner may refer to:

Technology

• Spinner (aeronautics), the aerodynamic cone at the hub of an aircraft propeller
• Spinner (cell culture), laboratory equipment for cultivating plant or mammalian cells
• Spinner (computing), a graphical widget in a GUI
• Spinner (MIT Media Lab), software that can automatically edit video to fit a narrative structure

Arts and entertainment

• Spinner (album), a 1995 album by Brian Eno & Jah Wobble
• Spinner (Blade Runner), a flying car from the film Blade Runner

People

• Spinner (surname)
• Brian Spencer (1949–1988), Canadian National Hockey League player nicknamed "Spinner"

Fictional characters

• Spinner Mason, in the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Spinner, in the animated TV series Clutch Cargo
• Dorothy Spinner, a DC Comics character

Other uses

• a person who spins textiles
• a spin bowler in cricket
• a person who engages in article spinning
• Spinnerbait, a type of fishing lure
• Spinner (website), a music website owned by AOL
• Spinner (wheel), an accessory that goes on an automobile wheel and spins independently
• Spinner, a locomotive of the former Midland Railway 115 Class in the UK
• a machine used to do spin coating in manufacturing
• a wind spinner or whirligig
• Fidget spinner, a stress relieving toy

See also

• Spinner dolphin, a dolphin species
• Spinner shark, a shark species
• Spinor (mathematics)
• Spinners (disambiguation)
• Bamboo-copter, a spinner toy