View 3 Hour Detailed Portland Weather Forecast for Today. Portland 4 â 7 Day Weather Forecast Summary: Heavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 24Â°C on Mon afternoon, min 14Â°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun night, light winds from the N by Mon afternoon).
noun, plural: spindles. (1) A collection of minute fibers composed of microtubules, which are prominent during cell division, as mitotic spindle or mitotic apparatus''. (2) A specialized innervated muscle structure involved in the reflex action and in proprioception, as muscle spindle. (3) A species of a poisonous shrub or small tree of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making spindles used for spinning wool. (4) An EEG waveform that occurs during sleep, as sleep spindle.
A modern Turkish spindle is an example of a low-whorl suspended spindle where the whorl is made up of interlocking arms. Here the cop is wound around the arms to form a ball. A spindle is a straight spike usually made from wood used for spinning, twisting fibers such as wool, flax, hemp, cotton into yarn.