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• spindle — ► NOUN 1) a slender rounded rod with tapered ends, used in hand spinning to twist and wind fibres from a mass of wool, flax, etc. held on a distaff. 2) a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves. 3) a turned… …   English terms dictionary

• spindle — n. & v. n. 1 a a pin in a spinning wheel used for twisting and winding the thread. b a small bar with tapered ends used for the same purpose in hand spinning. c a pin bearing the bobbin of a spinning machine. 2 a pin or axis that revolves or on… …   Useful english dictionary

• spindle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English spindel, from Old English spinel; akin to Old English spinnan to spin Date: 12th century 1. a. a round stick with tapered ends used to form and twist the yarn in hand spinning b. the long slender pin by which the …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• spindle — In anatomy and pathology, any fusiform cell or structure. [A.S.] aortic s. a fusiform dilation of the aorta immediately beyond the isthmus. SYN: His s.. central s. a central group of microtubules (continuous fib …   Medical dictionary

• spindle — 1. noun spɪndəl a) (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from… …   Wiktionary

• spindle — spin·dle || spɪndl 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 …   English contemporary dictionary

• spindle — noun 1》 a slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff.     ↘a pin bearing the bobbin of a spinning machine. 2》 a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or …   English new terms dictionary

• tapered — adj tapering, narrowed, dwindling, pointed, flamelike, candlelike, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate; wedge shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, triangular, Bot., Zool. mucronate, Bot. aculeate; fusiform, spindle shaped, needlelike; conic, pyramidal, peaked,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• square tapered bottom bracket — The industry standard bottom bracket shape until Shimano developed the splined bottom bracket. Square tapered refers to the shape of the ends of the bottom bracket spindle …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Sleep spindle — A sleep spindle is burst of brain activity visible on an EEG that occurs during stage 2 sleep. It consists of 12 16 Hz waves that occur for 0.5 to 1.5 seconds. FunctionSleep spindles may represent periods where the brain is inhibiting processing… …   Wikipedia

• punch proof spindle —   n.    a spindle that is shouldered or tapered inward to prevent it from being driven into or through the mechanism …   Locksmith dictionary