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Definitions of spiral
  1. noun
    a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

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  2. noun
    a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

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  3. noun
    ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

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  4. verb
    move in a spiral or zigzag course

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  5. verb
    to wind or move in a spiral course

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  6. adjective
    in the shape of a coil
  7. noun
    a continuously accelerating change in the economy
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  8. noun
    a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
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  9. noun
    flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
  10. verb
    form a spiral
    "The path spirals up the mountain"
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Definition that contains spiral
  • sinistrorsal spiraling upward from right to left
  • nyala spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
  • dextrorse spiraling upward from left to right
  • spirillum spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water
  • tragelaphus angasi spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
  • dextrorsal spiraling upward from left to right
  • screw bean spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed
  • family nautilidae spiral-shelled cephalopods
  • sinistrorse spiraling upward from right to left
  • nautilidae spiral-shelled cephalopods
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