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Spiral

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Noun

1. spiral

a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

2. helix, spiral

a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

3. spiral

a continuously accelerating change in the economy

4. spiral, volute

ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

5. coil, helix, spiral, volute, whorl

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

Example Sentences:
'a coil of rope'

6. spiral

flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

Verb

7. coil, gyrate, spiral

to wind or move in a spiral course

Example Sentences:
'the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action'
'black smoke coiling up into the sky'
'the young people gyrated on the dance floor'

8. spiral

form a spiral

Example Sentences:
'The path spirals up the mountain'

9. corkscrew, spiral

move in a spiral or zigzag course

Adjective

10. coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled

in the shape of a coil

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spiral

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noun
1. geometry
one of several plane curves formed by a point winding about a fixed point at an ever-increasing distance from it. Polar equation of Archimedes spiral: r = aθ; of logarithmic spiral: log r = aθ; of hyperbolic spiral: rθ = a, (where a is a constant)
2.  another name for helix (sense 1)
3. 
something that pursues a winding, usually upward, course or that displays a twisting form or shape
4. 
a flight manoeuvre in which an aircraft descends describing a helix of comparatively large radius with the angle of attack within the normal flight range
Compare spin (sense 16)
5. economics
a continuous upward or downward movement in economic activity or prices, caused by interaction between prices, wages, demand, and production
adjective
6. 
having the shape of a spiral
verb -rals, -ralling, -ralled or US -rals, -raling or -raled
7. 
to assume or cause to assume a spiral course or shape
8. (intransitive)
to increase or decrease with steady acceleration
wages and prices continue to spiral

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Spiral

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adjective
1. 
circling around a central point in a flat, two-dimensional curve that constantly increases (or decreases) in size
2. 
circling around a central axis in a conical or cylindrical, three-dimensional curve
noun
3. 
a spiral curve occurring in a single plane
4. 
a spiral curve occurring in a series of planes; helix
5. 
something having a spiral form, as a wire for holding sheets in some notebooks
6. 
a spiral path or flight
the descending spiral of a falling leaf
7. 
a section or segment of a spiral
8. 
a continuous, widening decrease or increase
an inflationary spiral ending in financial collapse
9.  US, American Football
a kick or pass in which the ball rotates on its longer axis as it moves through the air
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈspiraled or ˈspiralled, ˈspiraling or ˈspiralling
10. 
to move in or form a spiral
verb transitive
11. 
to cause to move in or form a spiral

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Spiral

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n.
1.
a. A curve on a plane that winds around a fixed center point at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point.
b. A three-dimensional curve that turns around an axis at a constant or continuously varying distance while moving parallel to the axis; a helix.
c. Something having the form of such a curve: a spiral of black smoke.
2. Printing A spiral binding.
3. The course or flight path of an object rotating on its longitudinal axis.
4. A continuously accelerating increase or decrease: the wage-price spiral.
adj.
1. Of or resembling a spiral.
2. Circling around a center at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance.
3. Coiling around an axis in a constantly changing series of planes; helical.
4. Printing Relating to or having a spiral binding: a spiral notebook.
v. spi·raled, spi·ral·ing, spi·rals also spi·ralled or spi·ral·ling
v.intr.
1. To take a spiral form or course.
2. To rise or fall with steady acceleration.
v.tr.
To cause to take a spiral form or course.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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