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a coiled physics demo that walks downstairs purely on its own enthusiasm and gravity.
means Moving in a smooth, sinuous, gliding way — or describing something close-fitting and sleek that follows the body's curves; also the brand name of the famous coiled toy.
from From the verb 'slink,' an old word with Germanic roots (related to forms meaning to creep or crawl) that long described moving stealthily, the way a cat or a guilty dog slinks off. By the early 20th century the adjective 'slinky' had stretched to mean graceful and serpentine — applied to dresses and gaits that move like poured liquid. The toy borrowed the name in the 1940s, when its inventor's wife reportedly thumbed a dictionary for a word capturing that supple, sneaking glide down the stairs.
- war baby
- Invented in 1943 from a spring that fell off a desk
- naval origin
- Engineer was designing springs to steady ship equipment
- slow signal
- Top falls before the bottom learns it's dropping
- sold count
- Over 300 million have walked off shelves
- space cadet
- Astronauts tested one in zero gravity; it flopped
slinky dog toy story — character in pixar's 1995 film, voiced by jim varney, with a spring-loaded metal coil body
original metal slinky 1945 — invented by richard james, philadelphia navy engineer, first sold at gimbels department store