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Definition of: mandrel
(man′drəl) noun Mech.
1. A shaft or spindle on which an object may be fixed for rotation.
2. A smooth, hard, cylindrical or conical core about which wire may be coiled or metal or glass forged.
3. A pattern or form against which metalwork is pressed in spinning. Also man′dril. [Prob. alter. of F mandrin a lathe]
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