Whim

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Whim or WHIM has various meanings:

• the word whim, meaning

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1. a temporary fancy or eccentricity; or
2. a capstan or vertical drum used in mining
3. a carriage.

• Adventures of Wim, a book by George Cockroft
• WHIM, for warm-hot intergalactic medium or warm-hot intergalactic matter
• WHIM a country music radio station in Providence, R.I. from 1947-1997.

External links

• Picture of a horse powered whim used to wind the cables on to work the mine between the depth of 50 feet to 500 feet - photo taken at Gympie, Queensland, Australia

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