spiral
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspiral (plural spirals)
- (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
- (informal) A helix.
- A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
- 2015, Jane Ward, Not Gay, New York University Press, →ISBN, page xi:
- My beloved friends and family who sustained and grounded me as I fell into the rabbit hole of this project or down the spiral of new parenthood.
- (rail transport) A section of track that forms a circle and crosses over itself, used for gaining height in mountainous territory.
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Adjective
editspiral (not comparable)
- Helical, like a spiral.
- 1877, H. F. Blandford, Indian Meteorologist's Vade-mecum, page 140:
- The formation of tornados and water-spouts is very probably identical with that of dust-storms and "devils," viz., a sudden disturbance of the vertical equilibrium of the atmosphere, where by an upward rush of air is generated, which rapidly becomes spiral.
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Verb
editspiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle (US) spiraling or (UK) spiralling, simple past and past participle (US) spiraled or (UK) spiralled)
- (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
- The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
- (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
- You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.
- Her debts were spiralling out of control.
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Derived terms
edit- Archimedean spiral
- arithmetic spiral
- barred spiral galaxy
- death spiral
- defensive spiral
- downward spiral
- Ekman spiral
- equiangular spiral
- Fibonacci spiral
- flocculent spiral galaxy
- golden spiral
- graveyard spiral
- herb spiral
- inflationary spiral
- Knochenhauer spiral
- Langmuir spiral
- logarithmic spiral
- purity spiral
- red spiral galaxy
- Riess spiral
- spiral arm
- spiral-bound
- spiral cleavage
- spiral dance
- spiral dive
- spiral DRAGN
- spiral galaxy
- spiral ganglion
- spiral ginger
- Spiralia
- spiral nebula
- spiral of Archimedes
- spiral out
- spiral pass
- spiral pump
- spiral staircase
- spiral valve
- spiral worm
- spiral wrack
- Steiner's spiral nematode
- superluminous spiral galaxy
- super spiral
- Ulam spiral
- upward spiral
Further reading
edit- Category:spirals on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
editCrimean Tatar
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: spi‧ral
Noun
editspiral
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | spiral | spirallar |
genitive | spiralnıñ | spirallarnıñ |
dative | spiralğa | spirallarğa |
accusative | spiralnı | spirallarnı |
locative | spiralda | spirallarda |
ablative | spiraldan | spirallardan |
References
editDanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editspiral c (singular definite spiralen, plural indefinite spiraler)
Declension
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | spiral | spiralen | spiraler | spiralerne |
genitive | spirals | spiralens | spiralers | spiralernes |
Further reading
editFrench
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editAdjective
editspiral (feminine spirale, masculine plural spiraux, feminine plural spirales)
Noun
editspiral m (plural spiraux)
Further reading
edit- “spiral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Northern Sami
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edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspiral
Inflection
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Further reading
edit- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira.
Noun
editspiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiraler, definite plural spiralene)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “spiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira.
Noun
editspiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiralar, definite plural spiralane)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “spiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
editEtymology
editAdjective
editspiral m or n (feminine singular spirală, masculine plural spirali, feminine and neuter plural spirale)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | spiral | spirală | spirali | spirale | |||
definite | spiralul | spirala | spiralii | spiralele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | spiral | spirale | spirali | spirale | |||
definite | spiralului | spiralei | spiralilor | spiralelor |
Further reading
edit- spiral in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editspiral c
- a spiral
- an intrauterine device, a coil (contraceptive device)
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- myggspiral (“mosquito repellent spiral”)
- spiraltrappa (“spiral staircase”)
See also
edit- dagen efter-piller (“morning-after pill”)
- kondom (“condom”)
- p-
- p-piller (“oral contraceptive pill”)
- preventivmedel (“contraceptive”)
References
edit- spiral in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spiral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spiral in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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