Look up: Spindle

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   spindle
   mechanism inside a hard disk drive that moves the heads into place; the axle on which a disk turns.
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   spindle
   A metal rod or wooden stick for holding SPOOLS, CHEESES, or BOBBINS on such machines as SPINNER FRAMES, WARPING MACHINES, and WINDERS.
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   spindle
   [n] - (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division 2. [n] - any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts 3. [n] - a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
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   Spindle
   A delicate structure of filaments which are responsible for aligning the two sets of chromosome during metaphase in mitosis and meiosis. Can be damaged during micromanipulation and freezing.
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   Spindle
   The part of an engraving machine that holds the cutter.
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   spindle
   mechanism inside a hard disk drive that moves the heads into place; the axle on which a disk turns.
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   Spindle
   A thin tube on to which the spun yarn is wound.
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   spindle
   an elongated structure which has tapered extremities and a thick central portion Category: Medicine • in machine tools,the main spindle or a screw spindle Category: Mechanical engineering • light shaft used to carry rotating parts Category: Transport • shaft around which the strickle board support rotates Category: Iron and steel industries • a shaft...
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   spindle
   A slender, turned rod based on the shape of a spinning-wheel spindle, which is often seen on the upright members or horizontal stretchers of a chair.
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    spindle
    See mitosis.
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    Spindle
    Spin'dle noun [ Anglo-Saxon spinal , from spinnan to spin; akin to Dutch spil , German spille , spindel , Old High German spinnala . √170. See Spin .] 1. 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 ...
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    Spindle
    Spin'dle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Spindled; present participle & verbal noun Spindling .] To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. « It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality.» Lowell.
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    spindle
    See: mitosis, spindle fibre. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    spindle
    noun a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
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    spindle
    noun (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`
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    spindle
    mandril noun any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
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    spindle
    (spin´dәl) a pin tapered at one end or both ends, or something with this shape. the thin, tapering figure occurring during metaphase of cell division, composed of microtubules radiating from the centrioles and connecting to the chromosomes at their centromeres. Called also mitotic spindle. ...
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    Spindle
    • (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. • (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. • (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. &bu...
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    spindle
    (from the article `respiration, human`) Changes in the length of a muscle affect the force it can produce when stimulated. Generally there is a length at which the force generated is ...
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    spindle
    (from the article `textile`) ...preliminary to weaving cloth from those fibres that do not have extreme length. From early times through the Middle Ages spinning was accomplished ...
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    spindle
    In anatomy and pathology, any fusiform cell or structure. [A.S.]
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    Spindle
    A slender turned and shaped column, which often swells out in the lower half and is usually used in rows such as the back of a Windsor chair.
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    spindle
    a traditional measure of length used for yarn. The length varied with the material; a spindle of cotton yarn, for example, was 15 120 yards (13.826 km), and a spindle of jute was 14 400 yards (13.167 km). The cotton spindle was also equal to 18 hanks.
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    spindle
    A body formed within a cell at mitosis or meiosis, which takes parts in the distribution of chromatids to the two daughter cells. It is composed of a gel and is commonly but not always ellipsoidal in shape. The spindle appears at metaphase, and chromosomes become arranged at its equator. It contains...
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    spindle
    spindle: see spinning.
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