Spindle

Spindle may refer to:

Originally a pointed or twisted at both ends of the axis, derived from a hand spindle, an ancient tool for rotating the yarn during spinning,
The Webspindel, used before the invention of weaving yarn for winding the Weberschiffchens
The spindle bush, a little fruit trees from the horticulture, the shape of which has a certain similarity with spindles
A hydrometer, a measuring instrument for determining the density of liquids, based on the buoyancy measurement
The spindle ( heraldry), a figure of the hand spindle in heraldry
The tapered beginning at the quill, usually called coil
The conical tool a jeweler on the small wire loops ( Oehrlein ) are prepared for ornaments
In the architecture of the central cylindrical part of a spiral staircase
The axis of the snail shell
The muscle spindle, physiology, a sensory organ that detects the strain state of skeletal muscles
The tendon spindle, physiology a sense organ that detects the strain state of tendons
The spindle apparatus for the transport of chromosomes in mitosis
The threaded spindle, a machine element that converts, together with other elements of a rotating movement into a translation movement
The main spindle, tool spindle, spindle motor, the main shaft of a machine tool on which the workpiece or the tool is fixed
The tractor spindle, axis, with or without thread for attachment of optional equipment to tractors
In vehicle technology, a liquid level indicator, which actually float
A reservoir for CDs or DVDs, actually its axis, see CD and DVD packaging
In the notebook wholesale the number of different drives of a notebook, see notebook # drives

Spindle is a surname of

Shawn spindle (* 1993), football player for Guam