Spiral

English Meaning

Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.

1. A curve on a plane that winds around a fixed center point at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point.
2. A three-dimensional curve that turns around an axis at a constant or continuously varying distance while moving parallel to the axis; a helix.
3. Something having the form of such a curve: a spiral of black smoke.
4. Printing A spiral binding.
5. The course or flight path of an object rotating on its longitudinal axis.
6. A continuously accelerating increase or decrease: the wage-price spiral.
7. Of or resembling a spiral.
8. Circling around a center at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance.
9. Coiling around an axis in a constantly changing series of planes; helical.
10. Printing Relating to or having a spiral binding: a spiral notebook.
11. To take a spiral form or course.
12. To rise or fall with steady acceleration.
13. To cause to take a spiral form or course.