spindle
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
- Ferdinand Spindel (1913–1980), German artist
- Shawn Spindel (* 1993), soccer player for Guam
See also:
- Spindles
- Spindle
- the common spindle bush (Euonymus europaeus), from whose wood spindles were made, which is also known under the name Pfaffhütchen.