It is referred to as the mitotic spindle during mitosis , a process that produces genetically identical daughter cells, or the meiotic spindle during meiosis , a process that produces gametes with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell. Besides chromosomes, the spindle apparatus is composed of hundreds of proteins .
Excuse. In jurisprudence, an excuse or justification is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation. Exculpation is related concept which reduces or extinguishes a person's culpability and therefore a person's liability to pay compensation to the victim of a tort in the civil law.
purpose noun (RESULT). âº [C] an âintended âresult or use: This âbudget is âdesigned to âmeet one purpose and one purpose only, to do what is âbest for the âeconomy. (Definition of purpose from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).