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Meaning of spiral

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  spiral
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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