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
[ Syn: helix ]
a continuously accelerating change in the economy
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
[ Syn: volute ]
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
spiral (n.)
in the shape of a coil
[ Syn: coiling , helical , spiraling , volute , voluted , whorled , turbinate ]
spiral (adj.)
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'
move in a spiral or zigzag course
[ Syn: corkscrew ]