Definition of Spiraling

1. Adjective. In the shape of a coil.

Exact synonyms: Coiling, Helical, Spiral, Turbinate, Volute, Voluted, Whorled
Similar to: Coiled
Derivative terms: Helix, Volute, Volute

Definition of Spiraling

1. Verb. (present participle of spiral) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spiraling

1. spiral [v] - See also: spiral

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiraling

spiral prominence
spiral ratchet screwdriver
spiral septum
spiral spring
spiral staircase
spiral staircases
spiral suture
spiral tip catheter
spiral tubule
spiral valve of cystic duct
spiral vein of modiolus
spiral wrack
spiraled
spiralian
spiralians
spiraling
spiralities
spirality
spiralization
spiralizations
spiralize
spiralized
spiralizes
spiralizing
spiralled
spiralling
spirally
spiralozooid
spirals
spiralwise

Literary usage of Spiraling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"12 has two grooves spiraling around and is therefore double-threaded. There being eight threads to The wedge (Fig. lla) is a double plane and gives power at ..."

2. The Six-chord Spiral by John Rittenhouse Stephens (1907)
"Spiraling OLD TRACK. Spiraling old track consists mainly in compounding to make room for the spirals. The methods used for the shifts are entirely ..."

3. The Six-chord Spiral by John Rittenhouse Stephens (1907)
"Spiraling OLD TRACK. Spiraling old track consists mainly in compounding to make room for the spirals. The methods used for the shifts are entirely ..."

4. Transactions (1917)
"Thus if the spiraling of one layer of wires is clockwise, the spiraling of ... Also, in a cable made up of several strands, the spiraling of the wires in ..."

5. Proceedings of Association of Iron & Steel Electrical Engineers (1916)
"Another point brought out by the tests in the Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift is that a large part of the magnetization is caused by the spiraling of the ..."

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