Spiral - Definition

adj 1: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical,
spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled,
turbinate]
n 1: a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center
but at increasing distances from the center
2: a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and
cuts the element at a constant angle [syn: helix, spiral]
3: a continuously accelerating change in the economy
4: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a
center with an increasing distance from the center [syn:
spiral, volute]
5: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, spiral,
volute, whorl, helix]
6: flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
v 1: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves
of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black
smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated
on the dance floor" [syn: gyrate, spiral, coil]
2: form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
3: move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: corkscrew,
spiral]