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.
Mitotic spindle. Definition. noun. The collective term for all the spindle fibers that form during mitosis. It is a spindle-shaped structure that develops outside the nucleus during mitosis. The fibers that constitute the mitotic spindle pull the chromatids apart toward opposite poles.Supplement.lease contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page. This page was last modified on 31 May 2009, at 09:30.This page has been accessed 96,291 times. What links here | Related changes | Permanent link.