spindle
Example Sentences
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The researchers discovered that ARK1 plays a central role in organizing the spindle, the cellular structure that separates genetic material so new parasite cells can form.
From Science Daily
I pushed some logs away and saw spokes and spindles.
From Literature
Thought to be made from a cattle femur, this decorated Anglo-Saxon spindle whorl, used to provide weight while spinning yarn, was unearthed from farmland near Bishopstone, Buckinghamshire.
From BBC
"Also, prolonged vibration changes the reactivity of the neuromuscular spindles and alters the signal sent to the brain."
From Science Daily
Only about a yard of this is visible; the rest is wound on horizontal spindles.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
