spindle

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Spindle designates:

  • originally an axis pointed or turned at both ends, derived from the hand spindle , an ancient tool for turning the thread during spinning,
  • the weaving spindle , used before the invention of the shuttle to wind the weaving thread
  • the spindle bush , a small horticultural fruit tree whose shape bears a certain resemblance to spindles
  • a hydrometer , a measuring instrument for determining the density of liquids, which is based on the buoyancy measurement of an air-filled glass spindle, the measuring process is called spindle
  • the spindle (heraldry) , a figure of the hand spindle in heraldry
  • the tapering beginning of the quill , usually called a coil
  • the conical tool of a jeweler, on which small wire arches ( Öhrl ) are made for decorations
  • in architecture the central, cylindrical part of a spiral staircase
  • the axis of the snail shell
  • the muscle spindle , in physiology a sensory organ that records the state of stretching of skeletal muscles
  • the tendon spindle , in physiology a sensory organ that records the state of stretching of tendons
  • the spindle apparatus for chromosome transport during cell nucleus division
  • the threaded spindle , a machine element that, together with other elements, converts a rotating movement into a translational movement
  • the main spindle, tool spindle , motor spindle , the main shaft of a machine tool to which the workpiece or tool is attached
  • the tractor spindle , an axle with or without thread for attaching additional equipment to tractors
  • in vehicle technology a liquid level indicator , actually its float
  • a storage container for CDs or DVDs, actually its axis, see CD and DVD packaging # spindle

Spindel is the family name of

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