spool (redirected from spooling)

spool ¹  (spl)

n.

1.

a. A cylinder of wood, plastic, cardboard, or other material on which wire, thread, or string is wound.

b. The amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder.

c. Something similar to such a cylinder in shape or function.

2. A reel for magnetic tape.

tr. & intr.v. spooled, spool·ing, spools

To wind or be wound on or off a spool.

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[Middle English spole, from Old North French espole and from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German spoele (Old North French, from Middle Dutch).]

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spool

Noun

a cylinder around which film, thread, or tape can be wound [Germanic]

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spool  (spl)

To store data that is sent to a device, such as a printer, in a buffer that the device reads. This procedure allows the program that sent the data to the device to resume its normal operation without waiting for the device to process the data.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spool - a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound bobbin, reel filature - a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread shuttle - bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads winder - mechanical device around which something can be wound
Verb	1.	spool - transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
	2.	spool - wind onto a spool or a reel twine, wrap, wind, roll - arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" cheese - wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn"

Translations

spool [spuːl] n → carrete m [of sewing machine] → canilla

spool [spuːl] n → bobine f

spool [spuːl] n → Spule f

spool [spuːl] n → bobina

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spool

n spool [spuːl]

1 a type of cylindrical holder How can I wind this film back on to its spool?spoelبَكَرَهролкаcívkatrisse; spoledie Spuleκαρούλι, μπομπίναcarreterull, poolقرقره؛ حلقهrulla, puolabobineגָלִילफिरकीšpula, kalemorsógulunganspóla, keflibobina糸巻き실패, 얼레ritėspole; rullītis; kasetegulunganspoelspoleszpulabobinabobinăкатушка, бобинаcievkatuljavakalemspole, rulleแกนม้วนสายmakara, bobin卷軸шпулька, котушкаفیتے وغیرہ کو لپیٹنے کی پھرکیống chỉ卷轴

2 the amount of thread, film etc held by such a holder She used three spools of thread in one week.tolletjieمِكَب خيطانмакараcívkatrisse; spoledie Spuleκαρούλι, μασούριcarreterull(itäis), pool(itäis)قرقره؛ حلقهrullabobineסְלִילचर्खी के धागे की मात्राkoličina onoga što je namotano na kalemorsó, tekercsgulungspólabobina１巻き한 타래의 양ritėspole; kasetegulungspoelrullszpulkabobinabobinăкатушкаcievkamotekkalemspole, rulleหลอดด้าย; ม้วนฟิล์มmakara, bobin線軸，(膠卷等)卷軸шпулька, котушкаپھرکی پر آنے والی فیتے کی مقدارsố lượng chỉ cuộn nơi một ống chỉ线轴，（胶卷等）卷轴