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spiral

('sp/aI/r/@/l )

Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center(noun.shape)

source: wordnet30
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle(noun.shape)

Synonym:
helix

source: wordnet30
a continuously accelerating change in the economy(noun.process)

source: wordnet30
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
volute

source: wordnet30
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
coil, helix, volute, whorl

source: wordnet30
flying downward in a helical path with a large radius(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

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