Spindle

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Originally, a spindle was a device to spin fibres into thread; see spindle (textiles). The term may refer also to:

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

[edit] In technology

• 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.
• Spindle (automobile), a part of a car's suspension system.
• Spindle (bicycle), the axle that carries a bicycle pedal and connects to the crank arm.
• 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.

A segmented spindle, in this context, is a spindle consisting of discrete elements forming a spindle.

[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.
• Any of the species of poisonous shrubs or small trees of the genus Euonymus, including Euonymus europaeus
• Sleep spindle, an EEG waveform that occurs during sleep.

[edit] Other

• Spindle (unit), a measure of spun cotton equal to 18 hanks.
• 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
• Spindle fiction, a protector of dreams from Knights-errent

[edit] See also

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

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