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...
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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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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...
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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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SPINDLE (Sub-glacial Polar Ice Navigation, Descent, and Lake Exploration) is a 2-stage autonomous vehicle system consisting of a robotic ice-penetrating...
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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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A spindle whorl is a weighted object fitted to a spindle to help maintain the spindle's speed of rotation while spinning yarn. A spindle whorl may be a...
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Spindle was a sculpture created in 1989 by artist Dustin Shuler (1948–2010). It consisted of a 50-foot spike with eight cars impaled on it in a manner...
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Spindler or Špindler (English, German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a spindle maker) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:...
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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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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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Sleep spindles are bursts of neural oscillatory activity that are generated by interplay of the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) and other thalamic nuclei...
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The Spindles may refer to: The Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre, a retail complex in Oldham, England The Spindles, burial towers at Amrit, Syria Spindle...
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A spindle (or colloquially, a spike) is an upright spike used to temporarily hold papers. "Spindling" or "spiking" is the act of spearing an item onto...
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In an automobile, the wheel spindle, sometimes called simply the spindle, is the part of the suspension system that carries the hub for the wheel and attaches...
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Spindle cell sarcoma is a type of connective tissue cancer. The tumors generally begin in layers of connective tissue, as found under the skin, between...
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It is also called sarcomatoid carcinoma. Spindle cell sarcoma Spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma Spindle cell cancer entry in the public domain NCI...
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The spindle checkpoint, also known as the metaphase-to-anaphase transition, the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), the metaphase checkpoint, or the mitotic...
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Spindle turning, or turning between centers, is a woodturning method referring to a piece of wood on a wood lathe that is being turned on its center axis...
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Hard disk drive (redirect from Spindle (computer))
represented by the magnetic transitions. A typical HDD design consists of a spindle that holds flat circular disks, called platters, which hold the recorded...
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Euonymus japonicus (redirect from Japanese spindle)
Euonymus japonicus (evergreen spindle or Japanese spindle) is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to Japan and Korea. Euonymus...
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Spindle Piece is a bronze sculpture series by Henry Moore. Unusually, the sculpture was made in four sizes: a plaster maquette cast in bronze as Maquette...
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Euonymus (redirect from Spindle-tree)
species and between different English-speaking countries, but include spindle (or spindle tree), burning-bush, strawberry-bush, wahoo, wintercreeper, or simply...
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stop] [M02 End of Program] [M03 Start Spindle - Clockwise] [M04 Start Spindle - Counter Clockwise] [M05 Stop Spindle] [M06 Tool Change] [M07 Coolant on mist...
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45 rpm adapter (redirect from 45 rpm spindle adapter)
A 45 rpm adapter (also known as a 45 rpm record insert, 45 rpm spindle adapter, spider, or 7-inch adapter in reference the usual size of a 45 rpm record)...
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A spindle, in furniture, is a cylindrically symmetric shaft, usually made of wood. A spindle is usually made of a single piece of wood and typically has...
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Krukenberg's spindle is the name given to the pattern formed on the inner surface of the cornea by pigmented iris cells that are shed during the mechanical...
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Myth of Er (redirect from Spindle of Necessity)
one's advantage. The myth mentions "The Spindle of Necessity", in that the cosmos is represented by the Spindle attended by sirens and the three daughters...
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The potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd, Pospiviroid fusituberis) was the first viroid to be identified. PSTVd is a small, single stranded circular RNA...
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Prolate rotator galaxy (redirect from Spindle Galaxy)
A prolate rotator galaxy, or spindle galaxy, is an unusual class of galaxy that is cigar-shaped and rotates around its long axis. A prolate rotator galaxy...
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