enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Spinning top - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_top

    A spinning top, or simply a top, is a toy with a squat body and a sharp point at the bottom, designed to be spun on its vertical axis, balancing on the tip due to the gyroscopic effect. Once set in motion, a top will usually wobble for a few seconds, spin upright for a while, then start to wobble again with increasing amplitude as it loses ...

  3. Teetotum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teetotum

    A teetotum (or T-totum) is a form of spinning top most commonly used for gambling games. It has a polygonal body marked with letters or numbers, which indicate the result of each spin. [1] [2] Usage goes back to (at least) ancient Greeks and Romans, with the popular put and take gambling version going back to medieval times. [2]

  4. Top - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top

    Top most commonly refers to: Top, a basic term of orientation, distinguished from bottom, front, back, and sides; Spinning top, a ubiquitous traditional toy; Top (clothing), clothing designed to be worn over the torso; Mountain top, a mountain peak located at some distance from the nearest point of higher elevation; Top may also refer to:

  5. Category:Spinning tops - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spinning_tops

    Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more

  6. Whirligig - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirligig

    Whirligig store. A whirligig is an object that spins or whirls, or has at least one part that spins or whirls. It can also be a pinwheel, spinning top, buzzer, comic weathervane, gee-haw, spinner, whirlygig, whirlijig, whirlyjig, whirlybird, or simply a whirly.

  7. Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happen. - AOL

    www.aol.com/earth-tilted-31-5-inches-220100485.html

    “Like adding a tiny bit of weight to a spinning top,” authors say, “the Earth spins a little differently as water is moved around. ...

  8. Candlestick pattern - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_pattern

    It is considered a reversal signal when it appears at the top level. Evening Doji Star Consists of three candlesticks. First is a large white body candlestick followed by a Doji that gaps above the white body. The third candlestick is a black body that closes well into the white body. When it appears at the top it is considered a reversal signal.

  9. Tippe top - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tippe_top

    The stem may be used as a handle to pick up the top, and is also used to spin the top into motion. When a tippe top is spun at a high angular velocity, its stem slowly tilts downwards more and more until it suddenly lifts the body of the spinning top off the ground, with the stem now pointing downward. Eventually, as the top's spinning rate ...