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Definition of Spiral
1. Adjective. In the shape of a coil.
Similar to: Coiled
Derivative terms: Helix, Volute, Volute
2. Verb. To wind or move in a spiral course. "The young people gyrated on the dance floor"
3. Noun. A plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center.
4. Verb. Form a spiral. "The wires spiral around the stick"; "The path spirals up the mountain"
5. Noun. A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle.
6. Verb. Move in a spiral or zigzag course.
7. Noun. A continuously accelerating change in the economy.
8. Noun. Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center.
9. Noun. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. "A coil of rope"
Specialized synonyms: Hank
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Coil, Coil, Helical, Volute
10. Noun. Flying downward in a helical path with a large radius.
Definition of Spiral
1. a. Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.
2. n. A plane curve, not reëntrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix.
Definition of Spiral
1. Noun. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A helix. ¹
3. Adjective. Helical, like a spiral ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix. ¹
5. Verb. (figuratively intransitive) To increase continually. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spiral
1. to move like a spiral (a type of plane curve) [v -RALED, -RALING, -RALS or -RALLED, -RALLING, -RALS]
Medical Definition of Spiral
1. Of leaves or floral organs, borne at different levels on the main stem, in an ascending spiral. Compare: cyclic. (09 Oct 1997)