spiral

Definitions of spiral in various dictionaries:

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

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

noun - a continuously accelerating change in the economy

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

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

noun - flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

verb - to wind or move in a spiral course

verb - form a spiral

verb - move in a spiral or zigzag course

adj - in the shape of a coil

A curve on a plane that winds around a fixed center point at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point.

A three-dimensional curve that turns around an axis at a constant or continuously varying distance while moving parallel to the axis; a helix.

Something having the form of such a curve: a spiral of black smoke.

A spiral binding.

The course or flight path of an object rotating on its longitudinal axis.

A continuously accelerating increase or decrease: the wage-price spiral.

Of or resembling a spiral.

Circling around a center at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance.

Coiling around an axis in a constantly changing series of planes; helical.

Relating to or having a spiral binding: a spiral notebook.

To take a spiral form or course.

To cause to take a spiral form or course.

verb - to move like a spiral (a type of plane curve)

SPIRAL - In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a point, moving farther away as it revolves around the point....