What is Spindle?
{{enWiktionary|spindle}} '''Spindle''' could mean: *[[Spindle (textiles)]], a device to spin fibres into thread. It is the root from which other usages derive **A spindle is a measure of spun cotton equal to 18 [[hank]]s *Spindle, a poisonous shrub or small tree of the genus ''[[Euonymus]]'' *[[Spindle (stationery)]], a device for holding paper documents *A spindle, also called [[CD and DVD packaging|cakebox]], is the plastic container in which bulk [[optical disc authoring|blank CDs and DVDs]] are often sold *A spindle is the axis on which the platters of a computer [[hard disk]] spin. [[Database]] performance can be improved by spindling, the action of mounting data files and index files on different hard disks so that contention for read or write resources is diminished *A spindle is a [[woodworking]] machine rotating on a vertical axis in which shaped cutters are mounted for cutting mouldings, rebates and similar features in wood. It does (usually on a bigger scale) many of the non-routing jobs done by a modern portable (spindle) router. See also [[wood router|router]]. *A spindle is part of an automobile [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] system. It carries the hub for the wheel. It attaches to the upper and lower control arms *A spindle is part of a [[bicycle pedal]]. It carries the pedal body and threads into the crank arm. *[[Mitotic spindle]], a cellular structure organizing and separating the chromosomes during mitosis *A [[muscle spindle]] is a specialized [[innervation|innervated]] muscle structure involved in the [[reflex action]] and in [[proprioception]] {{disambig}}