spiral
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spiral (plural spirals)
- (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
- (informal) A helix.
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geometry
helix
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to spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle spiraling (US) or spiralling (UK), simple past and past participle spiraled (US) or spiralled (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.
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Spiral on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
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- Anagrams of ailprs
- Aprils
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