spiral
nouns
a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
a continuously accelerating change in the economy
is a type of (narrower)
any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"a coil of rope"
flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
is a type of (narrower)
the act of rotating as if on an axis
"the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
verbs
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"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
form a spiral
"The path spirals up the mountain"
adjectives
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