mandril

man·drel

or man·dril  (măn′drəl)

n.

1. A spindle or an axle used to secure or support material being machined or milled.

2. A metal rod or bar around which material, such as metal or glass, may be shaped.

3. A shaft on which a working tool is mounted, as in a dental drill.

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[Possibly alteration of French mandrin, lathe, from Provençal mandre, axle, crank, from Old Provençal, beam of a balance, from Latin mamphur, bow-drill, perhaps from Oscan.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mandril - any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts mandrel, arbor, spindle drive - (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium rotating shaft, shaft - a revolving rod that transmits power or motion

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