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Definition of Spinout
1. Noun. (automotive) A skid that results in a car rotating so as not to be oriented in the direction of linear motion. ¹
2. Noun. (business) The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spinout
1. a rotational skid by an automobile [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinout
Literary usage of Spinout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"... which is the anterior and superior spinons process; and, below, the anterior
and inferior spinous process. At the back part of the spine are two spinout ..."
2. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology, and by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"... when beset with bristly hairs called setae ; and spinout when beset with
spines, as in the thistle and horse-nettle. Leaves may also be armed with ..."
3. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1824)
"This distinction the generality of mankind will hardly allow; but whatever be
the justice of this preference in favour of the spinout class, it is certain ..."
4. Social Sciences and Innovation by Oecd (2001)
"Before becoming an ethos in the region, the spinout dynamic that became endemic
in the region manifested itself strongly in the semiconductor industry. ..."
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