Sekirov Dictionary

spool

/spuːl/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 3

noun5

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A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
- If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool. — 2011
A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
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One of the rotating assemblies of a gas turbine engine, composed of one or more turbine stages, a shaft, and one or more compressor or fan stages.
- The high-pressure spool rotates faster than the intermediate- and low-pressure spools, as the high-pressure turbine is driven by superheated combustion gases straight out of the burners, while the high-pressure compressor has to spin very fast to compress air that has already been compressed and heated by the low- and intermediate-pressure compressors.
A splinter caught in the skin.
A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

verb2

To wind on a spool or spools.
To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).

forms

spooled · spooling · spools

Phrases with spool

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