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2. Wheelspin - Wikipedia

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   Wheelspin. A wheelspin occurs when the force delivered to the tire tread exceeds that of available tread-to-surface friction and one or more tires lose traction. This leads the wheels to "spin" and causes the driver to lose control over the tires that no longer have grip on the road surface. Wheelspin can also be done intentionally such as in ...

3. Rota Fortunae - Wikipedia

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   From an edition of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium showing Lady Fortune spinning her wheel. In medieval and ancient philosophy, the Wheel of Fortune or Rota Fortunae is a symbol of the capricious nature of Fate. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna ( Greek equivalent: Tyche) who spins it at random, changing the positions of those ...

4. Spinning wheel - Wikipedia

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   The Spinning Wheel is also the title/subject of a classic Irish folk song by John Francis Waller. A traditional Irish folk song, Túirne Mháire, is generally sung in praise of the spinning wheel, but was regarded by Mrs Costelloe, who collected it, as "much corrupted", and may have had a darker narrative. It is widely taught in junior schools ...

5. Prayer wheel - Wikipedia

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   A prayer wheel, or mani wheel, is a cylindrical wheel ( Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ།, Wylie: 'khor lo, Oirat: кюрдэ) for Buddhist recitation. The wheel is installed on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather, or coarse cotton. Prayer wheels are common in Tibet and areas where Tibetan culture is predominant. Traditionally, a ...

6. Towards Suggesting Actionable Interventions for Wheel ...

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   Prior research has focused on predicting and modeling wheel-spinning, but there has been little work on how to best help students stuck in wheel-spinning. We use past student system interaction data and a minimal amount of expert input to automatically inform individualized interventions, without needing experts to label a large dataset of ...

7. Burnout (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Burnout (vehicle) Pontiac Trans Am burnout with line locks. A burnout (also known as a peel out, power brake, or brakestand) is the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary and spinning its wheels, the resultant friction causing the tires to heat up and smoke.