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Type Words
Synonyms coil, helix, volute, whorl
Type of structure, construction
Has types hank
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Synonyms helix
Type of curve, curved shape
Has types double helix
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Synonyms volute
Type of ornamentation, ornament, decoration
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Synonyms corkscrew
Type of turn
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Synonyms coil, gyrate
Type of turn
Type Words
Synonyms coiling, helical, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled
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Type of economic process
Has types inflationary spiral, deflationary spiral
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Type of curved shape, curve
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Type of rotary motion, rotation
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Type of wind, twist, curve


The path spirals up the mountain.

Examples of spiral

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It's true that common glitches frequently have sent Sanchez into a nasty spiral.
From the sfgate.com
Might his downward spiral have been hastened by learning what they had achieved?
From the guardian.co.uk
Businesses will soon be caught up in this spiral of ever-diminishing confidence.
From the economist.com
It is nonsense to suggest that a debt-deflationary spiral would result in Italy.
From the economist.com
The stars will spiral in toward each other and merge in about 100 million years.
From the sciencedaily.com
The larger of the two, NGC 1532, is a spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way.
From the sciencedaily.com
That's created a spiral of tighter credit, slumping spending and falling prices.
From the bloomberg.com
Bullion nests and spiral deco accents are available in black, silver and copper.
From the tennessean.com
New since last summer is the world's largest pencil and a 10-story spiral slide.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • A plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
  • Coiling: in the shape of a coil
  • Gyrate: 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"
  • Form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
  • Helix: a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
  • A continuously accelerating change in the economy
  • Spiral (Spirala) is a 1978 Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
  • Spiral is a 2007 psychological thriller produced by Coattails Entertainment and Ariescope Pictures. The film stars Joel David Moore, Amber Tamblyn, Zachary Levi, and Tricia Helfer. Spiral was co-directed by Moore and Adam Green. ...
  • Spiral is a 1977 album by the Greek artist Vangelis. The sleeve design was by Vangelis himself (mentioned on the cover). The recording engineer was Keith Spencer-Allen, assisted by Marlis Duncklau.