spindown

noun

Etymology

From spin + down.

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-
  2. derived from *dūnom
  3. derived from *dʰewh₂- — “smoke, haze, dust
  4. inherited from *dūnaz
  5. inherited from *dūnā — “sandhill, dune
  6. inherited from dūn
  7. inherited from doune
  8. compounded as spindown — “spin + down

Definitions

  1. A reduction in spin speed (of a hard disk, pulsar etc)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spindown. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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