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spindle
n.
small rod with tapered ends around which thread is twisted while spinning; rotating machine part or axis; cellular axis around which chromosomes are distributed during meiosis; rod of turned wood
Spindle
Spindle may refer to:
Textiles and manufacturing
- Spindle (textiles), a device to spin fibers into thread
- Spindle (tool), a rotating axis of the machine, which often has a shaft at its heart
- Segmented spindle, a spindle consisting of discrete elements that can be assembled and disassembled on the fly
- Spindle, a unit of measurement used by weavers and tailors, equal to 120 skeins; See Hank
spindle
Noun
1. (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"
(hypernym) fiber, fibre
(classification) biology, biological science
2. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
(synonym) mandrel, mandril, arbor
(hypernym) rotating shaft, shaft
(part-holonym) drive
3. a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
(hypernym) stick
(part-holonym) spinning wheel
spindle
n.
vřeteno; šroub
Spindle
(v. i.)
To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.
(n.)
The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
(n.)
The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc.
(n.)
The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
(n.)
The fusee of a watch.
(n.)
Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
(n.)
Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
(n.)
A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
(n.)
A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
(n.)
A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.
(n.)
A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
(n.)
A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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