Definizione monolingua

spiral

spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle spiraling (US) or spiralling (UK), simple past and past participle spiraled (US) or spiralled (UK))

1. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.

   The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.

2. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.

   Her debts were spiralling out of control.

spiral (plural spirals)

1. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
2. (informal) A helix.

spiral (not comparable)

1. helical, like a spiral

Definizione dizionario spiral

	spirale
	A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.

elica

Altri significati:

(informal) A helix.

(intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.

(figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.

helix

(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.

helical, like a spiral

geometry