spindle
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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.
Once that initial stable attachment appears, alignment follows naturally through the geometry of the spindle and the behavior of microtubules.
From Science Daily
Long processions of women, many of them bearing a takli or spindle to honour Gandhi's commitment to homespun khadi cloth, take over Bombay's streets, quite literally pushing men to the very margins.
From BBC
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