Spiral

Definition:

  • (a.) Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.
  • (a.) Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.

Compare spiral with other words:

spial vs. spiral

spiral vs. spital

spinal vs. spiral

serpentine vs. spiral

screw vs. spiral

soar vs. spiral

spiral vs. thread

spiral vs. volute

heliciform vs. spiral

antidromous vs. spiral

musculospiral vs. spiral

helicograph vs. spiral

spiral vs. trica

parastichy vs. spiral

distichous vs. spiral

pampre vs. spiral

bitstock vs. spiral

spiral vs. spirality

multispiral vs. spiral

spiral vs. umbilical

maelstrom vs. spiral

mobile vs. spiral

spiral vs. twirl

mushroom vs. spiral

sphere vs. spiral

peristome vs. spiral

guilloche vs. spiral

spiral vs. spiry

contline vs. spiral

fauces vs. spiral

spiral vs. swirl

antlia vs. spiral

gyrate vs. spiral

spiral vs. surge

nautilus vs. spiral

caracole vs. spiral

spiral vs. spirally

corkscrew vs. spiral

spiral vs. triton

anticyclone vs. spiral

spiral vs. turbinal

spiral vs. turbinate

ionic vs. spiral

andromeda vs. spiral

spiral vs. turban

chalaza vs. spiral

spiral vs. winding

spiral vs. spirillum

coil vs. spiral

spiral vs. twist

spiral vs. strip

gyratory vs. spiral

spiral vs. wreathe

spiral vs. whirlwind

spiral vs. twine

spiral vs. spire

newel vs. spiral

curl vs. spiral

slinky vs. spiral

spiral vs. vortex

process vs. spiral

momentum vs. spiral

helix vs. spiral

rotate vs. spiral

locus vs. spiral

spiral vs. unicorn

rifle vs. spiral

snail vs. spiral

elliptical vs. spiral