spiral

Definitions

1. 1adjective

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

2. 2adjective

   Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical.

3. 3adjective

   Of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral.

4. 4adjective

   A plane curve, not reentrant, 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.

5. 5adjective

   Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.

6. 6noun

   flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

7. 7noun

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

   "a coil of rope"

   Synonyms

   coilhelixvolutewhorl
8. 8noun

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

   Synonyms

   volute
9. 9noun

   a continuously accelerating change in the economy

10. 10noun

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

11. 11noun

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

    Synonyms

    helix
12. 12verb

    to wind or move in a spiral course

    "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"

    "black smoke coiling up into the sky"

    Synonyms

    coilgyrate
13. 13verb

    move in a spiral or zigzag course

    Synonyms

    corkscrew
14. 14verb

    form a spiral

    "The path spirals up the mountain"

15. 15adjective

    in the shape of a coil

    Synonyms

    coilinghelicalspiralingturbinatevolutevolutedwhorled