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Spinning Top — A type of candlestick formation where the real body is small despite a wide range of price movement throughout the trading day. This candle is often regarded as neutral and used to signal indecision about the future direction of the underlying… … Investment dictionary
spinning top — spinning toy, toy used in Hanukkah games … English contemporary dictionary
spinning top urethra — deformity of the urethra upon urination, with narrowing at the urinary meatus and dilatation at the proximal end; seen sporadically in conditions such as prolonged inflammation of the urethra and detrusor instability. Called also spinning top… … Medical dictionary
spinning top — noun a conical child s plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin he got a bright red top and string for his birthday • Syn: ↑top, ↑whirligig, ↑teetotum • Derivationally related forms: ↑whirligig (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
spinning top — /ˈspɪnɪŋ tɒp/ (say spining top) noun a child s toy, often inversely conical, with a point on which it is made to spin …
spinning top deformity — see under urethra … Medical dictionary
Top — A top, or spinning top, is a toy that can be spun on an axis, balancing on a point. This motion is produced by holding the axis firmly while pulling a string. An internal weight then rotates, producing an overall circular motion. The top is one… … Wikipedia
top — top1 /top/, n., adj., v., topped, topping. n. 1. the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. 2. the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything. 3. the higher end of anything on a slope. 4. Brit. a. a part considered… … Universalium
spinning — n. the act or an instance of spinning. Phrases and idioms: spinning jenny hist. a machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time. spinning machine a machine that spins fibres continuously. spinning top = TOP(2). spinning wheel a… … Useful english dictionary
top — top1 noun 1》 the highest or uppermost point, part, or surface. ↘the leaves, stems, and shoots of a plant, especially those of a vegetable grown for its root. 2》 a thing or part placed on or fitted to the upper part of something. ↘a… … English new terms dictionary
