spool up

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spool up

verb spools up · spooling up · spooled up

To wind up onto a spool.
of a turbine engine To increase in rotational speed, producing an increase in thrust. The large rotational inertia of the heavy compressor and turbine rotors makes the engine slow to spool up from idle.
figuratively To be brought into full operation; to reach full potential or capacity. Near-synonym: spin up
Similar: spin up

Opposite: spool down

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Opposite: spool down

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Español	bobinar, embobinar

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@misc{spool_up_2026,
  title = {spool up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spool%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}