spindle
IPA: spˈɪndʌɫ
noun
- (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 the forming thread.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- The fusee of a watch.
- A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
- (coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.
- A muscle spindle.
- A sleep spindle.
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
verb
- (transitive) To make into a long tapered shape.
- (intransitive) To take on a long tapered shape.
- (transitive) To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
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Examples of "spindle" in Sentences
- The bobbin is fixed on the spindle.
- The spindle usually moves in the z axis.
- The ends of the kingpin are mounted to a spindle.
- The hub is used to attach the disk to the spindle.
- The lead screw or the nut is attached to the spindle.
- The distaff and spindle are symbols of womanly labour.
- The boss is located on the spindle side closest to the latch.
- The revolution of the spindles cease, the drawing rollers stop.
- The lower end of the spindle extends into a reservoir of fluid lubricant.
- Gamma motoneurons regulate the sensitivity of the spindle to muscle stretching.