Definitions for wheelspin
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1. wheelspinnoun

   The accidental or deliberate spinning of the wheels of a vehicle, especially when starting

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1. 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 drifting or doing a burnout.

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1. 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. Standard differentials always apply equal torque to each wheel. In low traction situations, the total torque delivered to each wheel is limited to the torque that is required to make the wheel with the least traction slip. During a turn, the weight of the vehicle shifts away from the inner radius and to the outer radius, therefore the inner drive-wheel will often lose traction on hard cornering, and especially when accelerating through a curve. Locking differentials and limited slip differentials modify the manner in which torque is distributed to the wheels to reduce wheelspin and improve traction in situations where it is limited. Wheels can also lose traction when surface conditions reduce available traction such as on snow and ice. As an open differential delivers only enough torque to cause the "weakest" wheel to spin, if one drive wheel is stationary on a low traction surface, the deliverable torque is limited to the traction available in mud. Wheelspin can also occur when changing gears while the vehicle is in motion, as the inertia of engine and flywheel rotating at a higher rate than the next highest gear tries to bring the input shaft of transmission to the same speed.

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1. pinwheels

How to pronounce wheelspin?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wheelspin in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wheelspin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of wheelspin in a Sentence

1. The German:

   I just got wheelspin. It’s never happened to me, ever. Not even in testing or racing, never, ever something like that. I can’t explain it. It’s unbelievable. I don’t know, we just need to look into it afterwards but obviously that was really, really tough at the time, to lose the lead like that and to lose the win, because I was feeling really good at that point and it just went wrong.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wheelspin
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelspin
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wheelspin