Respin
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The process of spinning something again.
"A post-manufacture, but pre-deployment bug may result in one or more respins of silicon and each respin is estimated to run at several millions of dollars in mask and other costs."
- 1 To spin again.
"But was not that the cobweb which she had wrecked? Had she without knowing turned back, or was it another web? Calmly, and again undismayed, the spider was industriously respinning in repair."
- 2 To tell a story in a new way.
"Even the Plastic People's weathered, been-through-hell aging-radical looks can be respun as romantic now that their revolution has safely succeeded."
Example
More examples"But was not that the cobweb which she had wrecked? Had she without knowing turned back, or was it another web? Calmly, and again undismayed, the spider was industriously respinning in repair."
Etymology
From re- + spin.
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