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Definition: Mandrel |
MandrelNoun1. Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mandrel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Mandrel \Man"drel\, noun. [French expression mandrin, probably through (assumed) late Latin mamphurinum, from the Latin expression mamphur bow drill.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mechanical Engineering | Only correct sizes of chucks appropriate to the bar diameter should be used in the bending machine, and it is most important to avoid rebending. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemistry | A form used as a cathode in electro-forming. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | The centre member of an extrusion die that determines the internal shape and dimensions of a hollow product. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A short shaft on which workpieces already bored are mounted for machining or measuring. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A miner's pick b. A usually tapered or cylindrical axle spindle, or arbor that is inserted into a hole in a piece of work so as to support the work during machining c. A metal bar that serves as a core around which metal or other material may be cast, molded, forged, bent, or otherwise shaped d. Any of a train of jointed units intended to be pulled through an underground duct as each joint is made to ensure perfect alinement, or through a steel pipe in process of welding to ensure a smooth interior e. The shaft and bearings on which a tool (as a grinding disk or circular saw) is mounted f. A temporary interior support for a thin-walled tube (as a tubular steel pile to be filled later with concrete) being driven into somethin. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: MandrelSynonyms: arbor (n), mandril (n), spindle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rotation | Axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Mandrel" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mandrel" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "mandrel": expanding mandrel ♦ expansion mandrel ♦ Mandrel lathe ♦ saw mandrel. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "mandrel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mandrinë (chuck, mandril). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الشاقة عمود دوران المخرطة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | копач (digger, excavator, getter, groundman, shoveller), кирка (mandrill, pecker, pick, pickax), пробой (drift, mandrill, pricker), дорник. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 轴 (Ax, aXe, Axes, Axis, mandril). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | soustruhové vřeteno, jádro formy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | matrice (array, blanking die, cavity, die, impression, matrice, matrix, metal positive, mold, mother, mould, template, template strand), mandrel (rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder), spindel (dowel, revolving dome, spindle, verge), roterende pibe (rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder), roterende cylinder (revolving tube, rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder), opspændingsdorn (arbor, mounting arbor), nippel (core tube, extruder tip, guide tip, guider, nipple, point), hylse (core), dorn (arbor, bell, boom attachment, cone, core tube, dowel bar, extruder tip, flaring tool, guide tip, point, punch, puncher, reamer, stud, tongue, turning pin, vertical mandrel), borepatron (chuck, drift, mandril, socket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | matrijs (cavity, die, flong, forging die, former, matrice, matrix, matrix film, mold, mould, shape, stamper, stereotype dry mat, template, template strand), trekpen (hitch pin, linkpin, locking clamp, pole, rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder), spandoorn (arbor), slijpstift (pintype), huls (base, bush, can, canning, cap, case, chuck, chuck bush, chuck bushing, clad, cladding, core, harness, jacket, sheath, tube, wrapper), drevel (punch, puncher, turning pin), doorslag (bleed through, bleeding, breakdown, chimney, discharge failure, disruption, disruptive breakdown, disruptive discharge, drop-hole, electric breakdown, incline, incline shaft, overshoot, punch, puncher, puncture, turning pin), deel van een stempel,dat in de boring van een hol werkstuk wordt geplaatst en vorm geeft aan de binnenwand van een buisvormig werkstuk (arbor), boorhouder (chuck, drift, mandril, socket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | matriisi (array, cavity, matrix, mold, mould), tuurna (arbor), puolan hylsy (spindle), kiinnitystuurna (arbor, mounting arbor), kiinnityskara (arbor), kara (main spindle, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mandrin (mandril, matrix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Matrize (cavity, die, flong, impression, matrice, matrix, matrix film, Mold, mould, skin, stamper, stencil, stereotype dry mat, template, template strand), Ziehkern (rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder), whitey (man), Spindel (arbor, axle, bush tree, low tree, low-stemmed tree, main spindle, newel, rod, screwed rod, shaft, spindle, threaded bolt, threaded rod, verge), Spannfutter (chuck, chuck jaws, drift, mandril, rotating chuck, vice clamps), Spanndorn (arbor), Schleifstift (pintype), rotierende Pfeife (rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder), Rohr (barrel, blowpipe, cane, cannula, channel, conduit, core, duct, dusting tube, liner, oven, pipe, reed, reeds, tube, tubing, wicker), Pfeifenspindel (rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder), Locheisen (chuck, drift, hollow punch, mandril, perforating punch, punch), Hülse (bark, bushing, can, canning, capsule, cartridge, case, clad, cladding, collar, cone, core, dog, ferrule, form, former, forming tube, hull, husk, involucre, jacket, nipple, paper core, peel, pod, sheath, shell, shuck, sleeve, sliding dog, socket, tube), Dorn mit oder ohne Federung (spindle), Dorn (Arbor, bell, boom attachment, chuck, cone, drift, flaring tool, mandril, prick, prickle, reamer, Spike, spine, thorn, tongue, vertical mandrel), Aufspanndorn (arbor, mounting arbor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κωνοειδής βελόνη διεύρυνσης οπών, καλούπι (cast, casting, die, form, matrice, matrix, model, mold, mould, pattern, stamp, wire mould), σφικτήρας (chuck, drift, mandril), μήτρα (array, cast, casting, cavity, form, former, matrice, matrix, mold, mould, shape, sheath, uterus, volva, wire mould, womb), μαντρέν (core), μαντρέλι, μανδρέλιο (chuck, drift, mandril), πυρίμαχος σχηματοδότης (revolving tube, rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder), άξων (axis, hub, mandril, pivot, shaft), άξονας τόρνου, άξονας (aletree, axis, axle, beam, core, pin, pivot, pivot pin, plough beam, roller, shaft, spindle), αδράχτι (spindle), τριβέλι (dibber, dibble, dibbler, gimlet, mandril, planting stick, widger), δίσκος που φέρει το κομμάτι (arbor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tövis (drift, mandril, prick, pricker, prickle, spine, thorn), esztergatüske (mandril). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sendi (hinge, joint, mandril, socket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mandrino (Arbor, chuck, connector, core, drift, flaring tool, holder, main spindle, mandril, paper core, pivot, plain shaft, punch, reamer, rod, rotating blowpipe, rotating chuck, rotating cylinder, shank, sliding splined shaft, spindle, stylet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 굴대. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mandryl, essyl (axle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | andrelmay mandril (arbor, arbour, broach, chuck, connector, core, drift, mandril, mandrill, mane, paper core, reamer, roasting jack, rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder, sliding splined shaft). (various references) mandrinã (drift-pin), fus (cone, hasp, journal, linchpin, shaft, spindle, Trunnion), dorn. (various references) оправка (mounting, setting). (various references) vreteno (arbor, spill, spindle), osovina (arbor, axis, axle, shaft, spindle). (various references) mandril (Arbor, baboon, chuck, connector, core, drift, former, mandril, mandrill, paper core, pod, rotating blowpipe, rotating cylinder, sliding splined shaft, spool, tape spool). (various references) dorn (arbor, punch), spindel (axis, axle, bush tree, low tree, low-stemmed tree, mandril, pivot, poor boy, spider, spindle). (various references) mandrel (mandril), malafa (mandril), fener mili (mandril). (various references) осердя (core), оправа (casing, cover, rim, ring, setting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mandrel": mandrels. (additional references) | |
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"Mandrel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Andjel, Andreoli, Andrle, Fanderl, Manarola, mandare, Mandera, manderz, mandie, Mandira, mandora, mandra, mandrax, mandrell, mandril, Manduell, mandwel, mintrel, Sandrelli. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "mandrel" (pronounced 'Man"drel'): Spandrel, Splandrel. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-l-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: almner, damner, darnel, dermal, lander, marled, medlar, remand. | |
-2 letters: admen, alder, amend, armed, denar, derma, dream, eland, laden, lader, lamed, lamer, learn, leman, madre, maned, medal, menad, naled, named, namer, ramen, realm, redan, reman, renal. | |
-3 letters: alme, amen, dale, dame, damn, dare, darn, deal, dean, dear, derm, dram, earl, earn, elan, lade, lame, land, lane, lard, lead, lean, lear, lend, made, male, mane, mare, marl, mead, meal, mean, meld, mend, merl, name, nard, near, nema, nerd, rale, rand, read, real, ream, rend. | |
-4 letters: ale, and, ane, are, arm, dal, dam, del, den, ear, eld, elm, end, era, ern, lad, lam, lar, lea, led, mad, mae, man, mar, med, mel, men, nae, nam, rad, ram, ran, red, rem. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, al, am, an, ar, de, ed, el, em, en, er, la, ma, me, na, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-l-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: alderman, aldermen, mandrels. | |
+2 letters: dreamland, ealdorman, ealdormen, madrilene. | |
+3 letters: aldermanic, alderwoman, alderwomen, calamander, coromandel, derailment, dreamlands, embrangled, endodermal, entodermal, intermodal, laundrymen, madrilenes, mainlander, malingered, meridional, mislearned, motherland, normalised, normalized, palindrome, rudimental, salamander, timberland. | |
+4 letters: calamanders, candelabrum, coromandels, decremental, deliveryman, denumerable, denumerably, derailments, detrimental, endometrial, greenmailed, intradermal, lamebrained, legerdemain, mainlanders, meridionals, mineralised, mineralized, motherlands, palindromes, reimplanted, salamanders, semidiurnal, streamlined, timberlands, transdermal, ultramodern, unreclaimed, unscrambled, untrammeled. | |
+5 letters: candelabrums, criminalized, demineralize, demonstrable, demonstrably, demoralizing, departmental, descrambling, determinable, determinably, detrimentals, dreamfulness, imponderable, imponderably, legerdemains, malnourished, marginalized, meridionally, radioelement, renormalized, salamandrine, underlayment, unformulated, unglamorized, unmanneredly, unredeemable, ventromedial. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 64 72 65 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -. -.. .-. . .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01100100 01110010 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n d r e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 0064 0072 0065 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47678070847178 |
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