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A rotation of the body along a skier's vertical axis.
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The rotation around the vertical axis
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Not to be confused with a salto, a twist occurs when the gymnast rotates around the body's longitudinal axis, defined by the spine.
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the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
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a one dimensional cellular automata wrapped around a rotating construct
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a rotation about the body head-toe axis when combined with a loop
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a rotation along the midline of the body with the body straight
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A condition of longitudinal progressive rotation found in pultruded parts.
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A 360-degree rotation of the body around the skier's vertical axis.
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Rotation around the body's vertical axis.
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A rotation of the body around the spine as the longitudinal axis.
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The rotation of two opposing edges of material in opposite directions.
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A move in acrobatic skills where a gymnast rotates around the body's longitudinal axis, defined by the spine.
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A rotation about the longitudinal, or vertical, axis. This is the axis that runst from your head to your feet. When you spin in a circle while standing you are "twisting". A right twist is defined as the right shoulder going backwards, the converse for a left twist.
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Rotation of a unit about the Z axis.
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Rotation around the body&rsquos vertical axis while airborne.
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A rotation of the body at sustained height.
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The Twist, also known as the Twister, Cyclone, Sizzler, Scrambler or Grasscutter is a highly successful ride made up of three arms with clusters attached which have cars attached to them. Both the main arm and the clusters rotate creating a weaving effect. The motion is slowed at the outermost point and accelerated at the innermost point creating an illusion of a near miss with the other cars.
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