Spindle

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Originally, a spindle was a device to spin fibres into thread; see spindle (textiles). The term has many senses that relate ultimately back to the idea of a cylindrical object and what tasks may be done with it (usually involving rotation). Thus spindle may refer also to:

Contents 1 In technology 2 In biology 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] In technology

• Spindle (automobile), a part of a car's suspension system
• Spindle (computer), the axis of a computer disk
• Spindle (disc packaging), a plastic case for bulk optical discs
• Spindle (fire making), a straight wooden rod used in fire making
• Spindle (furniture), an axially symmetric furniture part, usually with decoration
• Spindle (stationery), a device for holding paper documents
• Spindle (tool), is the main rotating part of a machine tool, woodworking machine, etc
• Segmented spindle, a spindle consisting of discrete elements that can be assembled and disassembled on the fly

[edit] In biology

• Spindle apparatus, a cellular structure organizing and separating the chromosomes during cell division
• Muscle spindle, a specialized innervated muscle structure involved in the reflex action and in proprioception
• Spindle neurons are a specific class of neurons that participate in signal transmission in the nervous system.
• Sleep spindle, an EEG waveform that occurs during sleep.
• The genus Euonymus (also called spindles) are deciduous and evergreen shrubs and small trees

[edit] Other

• Spindle (sculpture), a 40-foot sculpture made from cars in Berwyn, Illinois
• Spindle (band), an all-female alternative rock band
• Spindle torus, a self-intersecting torus

[edit] See also

• Spindling, a computer technique.
• Broken Spindles, art name of musician Joel Petersen.

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