Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 49614 6910731 2009-06-30T15:29:37Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations ==English== {{wikipedia}} [[Image:Archimedean_spiral.svg|thumb|80 px|right|Archimedean spiral]] ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈspaɪɹəl/}}, {{SAMPA|/"spaIr@l/}} *: {{rhymes|aɪrəl}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{geometry}} A curve that is the [[locus]] of a point that [[rotate]]s about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. # {{informally}} A [[helix]]. ====Related terms==== * [[spiral staircase]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|geometry}} * Czech: [[spirála]] {{f}} * Dutch: [[spiraal]] {{c}} * Finnish: [[spiraali]], [[kierukka]] * Greek: {{t|el|έλικα|f|tr=élika|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|σπείρα|f|tr=spíra|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|σπείρωμα|n|tr=spíroma|sc=Grek}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Sindhi]]: {{sd-Arab|گھُنڊيدار}} * Spanish: [[espiral]] {{f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|helix}} * Finnish: [[kierre]] {{trans-mid}} * Greek: {{t|el|έλικα|f|tr=élika|sc=Grek}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|German}}: [[Spirale]] {{f}} {{checktrans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Portuguese}}: [[espiral]] * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[espiral]] {{checktrans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|spirals|''[[spiraling]]'' {{i|US}} or ''[[spiralling]]'' {{i|UK}}|''[[spiraled]]'' {{i|US}} or ''[[spiralled]]'' {{i|UK}}}} # {{intransitive}} To move along the path of a spiral or helix. #: ''The falling leaves '''spiralled''' down from the tree.'' # {{figuratively|intransitive}} To increase continually. #: ''Her debts were '''spiralling''' out of control.'' ===External links=== * {{commonslite}} ---- ==Northern Sami== ===Noun=== '''spiral''' # [[hip]] [[Category:Northern Sami nouns]] [[et:spiral]] [[fa:spiral]] [[fr:spiral]] [[io:spiral]] [[hu:spiral]] [[ja:spiral]] [[fi:spiral]] [[sv:spiral]] [[ta:spiral]] [[te:spiral]] [[vi:spiral]] [[tr:spiral]] [[zh:spiral]]