- Look up
spindle or
spindle-shaped in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Spindle may
refer to:
Spindle (textiles), a
straight spike to spin
fibers into yarn...
- neurobiology,
spindle cell
refers to:
Spindle neuron, also
known as a von
Economo neuron In
general medicine, a
spindle cell may
refer to the
spindle-shaped...
- A
spindle is a
straight spike,
usually made from wood, used for spinning,
twisting fibers such as wool, flax, hemp,
cotton into yarn. It is
often weighted...
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machine tools, a
spindle is a
rotating axis of the machine,
which often has a
shaft at its heart. The
shaft itself is
called a
spindle, but also, in shop-floor...
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SPINDLE (Sub-glacial
Polar Ice Navigation, Descent, and Lake Exploration) is a 2-stage
autonomous vehicle system consisting of a
robotic ice-penetrating...
- A
spindle whorl is a
weighted object ****ed to a
spindle to help
maintain the
spindle's speed of
rotation while spinning yarn. It
typically takes the...
- In cell biology, the
spindle apparatus is the
cytoskeletal structure of
eukaryotic cells that
forms during cell
division to
separate sister chromatids...
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Muscle spindles are
stretch receptors within the body of a
skeletal muscle that
primarily detect changes in the
length of the muscle. They
convey length...
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Spindle oils are a type of low-viscosity
mineral oil
marketed for use in
lubrication of high-speed
machine spindles.
Spindle oil is free from
gumming properties...
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Spindler or
Špindler (English,
German and
Jewish (Ashke****c):
occupational name for a
spindle maker) is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:...