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spindle: see spinning spinning, the drawing out, twisting, and winding of fibers into a continuous thread or yarn. From antiquity until the Industrial Revolution, spinning was a household industry. ..... Click the link for more information. . spindleA rotating shaft in a disk drive. In a fixed disk, the platters are attached to the spindle. In a removable disk, the spindle remains in the drive. Laptops use spindle designations to indicate the number of built-in drives. For example, a two-spindle machine contains a hard drive and a second bay for an optical drive. spindle 1. a rod or stick that has a notch in the top, used to draw out natural fibres for spinning into thread, and a long narrow body around which the thread is wound when spun 2. one of the thin rods or pins bearing bobbins upon which spun thread is wound in a spinning wheel or machine 3. any of various parts in the form of a rod, esp a rotating rod that acts as an axle, mandrel, or arbor 4. a measure of length of yarn equal to 18 hanks (15 120 yards) for cotton or 14 400 yards for linen 5. Biology a spindle-shaped structure formed by microtubules during mitosis or meiosis which draws the duplicated chromosomes apart as the cell divides 6. a less common name for a hydrometer 7. a tall pole with a marker at the top, fixed to an underwater obstruction as an aid to navigation 8. a device consisting of a sharp upright spike on a pedestal on which bills, order forms, etc., are impaled spindle [′spin·dəl] (cell and molecular biology) A structure formed of fiberlike elements just before metaphase that extends between the poles of the achromatic figure and is attached to the centromeric regions of the chromatid pairs. (design engineering) A short, slender or tapered shaft. (navigation) A spar serving as a beacon. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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From these ends is extended the spindle of Necessity, on which all the revolutions turn. Then the twelfth of the friendly fairies, who had not yet given her gift, came forward, and said that the evil wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften its mischief; so her gift was, that the king's daughter, when the spindle wounded her, should not really die, but should only fall asleep for a hundred years. Pass your gray cloak out the window, and also your spindle and twine; and I will give you my green mantle and everything else down to my bow and arrows. |
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