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1. (n.) spiral
a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
2. spiral
a helix.
3. spiral
a single circle or ring of a spiral or helical curve or object.
4. spiral
a spiral or helical object, formation, or form.
5. spiral
a football thrown or kicked so that the ball turns on its longer axis as it flies through the air.
6. spiral
a continuous increase or decrease in wages, prices, etc.
7. (adj.) spiral
of or of the nature of a spire or coil.
8. spiral
bound with a spiral binding; spiral-bound:
a spiral notebook.
9. (v.i.) spiral
to take a spiral form or course.
10. spiral
to rise or fall steadily.
Etymology: (1545–55; < ML spīrālis= L spīr(a) coil (< Gk speîra; cf. spire2) +-ālis -al1)
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| Definition of 'spiral' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) spiral
a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
2. (noun) helix, spiral
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
3. (noun) spiral
a continuously accelerating change in the economy
4. (noun) spiral, volute
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
5. (noun) coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"a coil of rope"
6. (adj) spiral
flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
7. (verb) coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
in the shape of a coil
8. (verb) gyrate, spiral, coil
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"
9. (verb) spiral
form a spiral
"The path spirals up the mountain"
10. (verb) corkscrew, spiral
move in a spiral or zigzag course
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1. (noun) spiral
sth that curves many times around a central point
spirals of curly hair; a spiral staircase
2. spiral
a situation that becomes rapidly worse
the downward spiral into depression; the spiral of rising prices
3. (verb) spiral
to turn around and around like a spiral
leaves spiraling down through the air
4. spiral
to become rapidly worse
The violence spiraled out of control.
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| Definition of 'spiral' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) spiral
winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring
2. (adj) spiral
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. (adj) spiral
of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral
4. (adj) spiral
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. (adj) spiral
anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell
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| Definition of 'spiral' |
The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. spiral
This term is sometimes used instead of coil, as the primary spiral or secondary spiral of an induction coil or transformer.
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Sense: coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below
a spiral staircase.
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 Afrikaans: spiraalagtig |
 Arabic: لَولَبي |
 Bulgarian: спираловиден |
 Brazilian: espiral |
 Czech: spirálový; točitý |
 German: gewunden, Wendel-... |
 Danish: snoet; spiral- |
 Greek: ελικοειδής |
 Spanish: espiral |
 Estonian: keerd- |
 Farsi: مارپيچي |
 Finnish: kierre |
 French: en spirale |
 Hebrew: סְלִיל |
 Hindi: सर्पिल, पेंचदार |
 Croatian: spiralan, zavojit |
 Hungarian: csigavonalú |
 Indonesian: berputar |
 Icelandic: spíral-, hring |
 Italian: a spirale |
 Japanese: らせん状の |
 Korean: 나선형의 |
 Lithuanian: spiralinis,įvijas |
 Latvian: spirāles-; spirālveidīgs; |
 Malay: berlingkar |
 Dutch: spiraalvormig |
 Norwegian: spiral-, vindel- |
 Polish: spiralny |
 Persian: مارپيچي |
 Pashto: مارپیچی،توتوی |
 Portuguese: espiral |
 Romanian: în spirală |
 Russian: спиральный; винтовой |
 Slovak: špirálový; točitý |
 Slovenian: spiralen |
 Serbian: spiralan |
 Swedish: spiral- |
 Thai: ที่เป็นเกลียว; ที่วกวน |
 Turkish: helezonî, sarmal |
 Taiwanese: 盤旋的 |
 Ukrainian: спіральний; гвинтовий |
 Urdu: چکّر دار |
 Vietnamese: có dạng xoắn |
 Chinese: 盘旋的 |
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