spiral

English

Wikipedia

Archimedean spiral

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈspaɪɹəl/, SAMPA: /"spaIr@l/
• Rhymes: -aɪrəl

Noun

spiral (plural spirals)

1. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
2. (informal) A helix.

Derived terms

terms derived from spiral (noun)

death spiral downward spiral

graveyard spiral spiral staircase

upward spiral

Translations

geometry

Arabic: لولب (ar) (láwlab) m., برغي (ar) (burghiy) m. Basque: kiribil (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 螺線 (cmn), 螺线 (cmn) (luóxiàn) Czech: spirála (cs) f. Danish: spiral (da) c. Dutch: spiraal (nl) c. Esperanto: spiralo (eo) Finnish: spiraali (fi), kierukka (fi) French: spirale (fr) f. Galician: please add this translation if you can German: Spirale (de) f.

Greek: έλικα (el) (élika) f., σπείρα (el) (spíra) f., σπείρωμα (el) (spíroma) n. Hindi: सर्पिल (hi) (sarpil) Ido: spiralo (io) Japanese: 渦巻 (ja) (うずまき, uzumaki), 渦巻線 (ja) (うずまきせん, uzumakisen), スパイラル (ja) (supairaru) Persian: مارپیچ (fa) Portuguese: espiral (pt) f. Russian: спираль (ru) (spirál') f. Serbian: спирала (sr) (spirala) f. Sindhi: گھُنڊيدار Spanish: espiral (es) f. Vietnamese: xoắn ốc (vi)

helix

Basque: helize (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 螺旋 (zh) (luóxuán) Finnish: kierre (fi) Greek: έλικα (el) (élika) f.

Russian: спираль (ru) (spirál') f. Serbian: спирала (sr) (spirala) f. Spanish: hélice (es) f.

Adjective

spiral (not comparable)

1. helical, like a spiral

Verb

spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle spiraling (US) or spiralling (UK), simple past and past participle spiraled (US) or spiralled (UK))

1. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.

   The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.

2. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.

   Her debts were spiralling out of control.

External links

• Spiral on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

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Northern Sami

Noun

spiral

1. hip