Spiral

  • 31Spiral — 36°42′39″N 138°9′27″E / 36.71083, 138.1575 …

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  • 32spiral — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ vicious ▪ downward, upward ▪ deflationary, inflationary ▪ wage price ▪ …

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  • 33spiral — 1 adjective in the form of a continuous line or curve that winds around a central point, moving further away from it all the time: a spiral watch spring spirally adjective 2 noun (C) 1 a spiral curve 2 a process, usually a harmful one, in which… …

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  • 34spiral — spi•ral [[t]ˈspaɪ rəl[/t]] n. adj. v. raled, ral•ing (esp. brit.) ralled, ral•ling. 1) math. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it 2) math. a helix 3) math. a single circle …

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  • 35spiral — mul·ti·spiral; mus·cu·lo·spiral; pau·ci·spiral; pla·no·spiral; spiral; …

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  • 36spiral — [ˈspaɪrəl] noun [C] I 1) a shape that looks like a set of circles and is made by one line curving around a central point 2) a situation that gets worse and worse the endless spiral of violence and hatred[/ex] spiral adj II (present participle… …

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  • 37spiral — 1. Coiled; winding around a center like a watch spring; winding and ascending like a wire spring. 2. A structure in the shape of a coil. [Mediev. L. spiralis, fr. G. speira, a coil] Curschmann spirals spirally twisted masses of mucus occurring in …

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  • 38spiral —    A term introduced in or shortly before 1928 by the German American biological psychologist and philosopher Heinrich Klüver (1897 1979) to denote one of the four *form constants of * geometric visual hallucinations which may occur during the… …

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  • 39spiral — Synonyms and related words: Milky Way, O shaped, Via Lactea, acrobatics, aerobatics, ambagious, anfractuous, arise, ascend, aspire, backhanded, bank, banking, barred spiral, barred spiral galaxy, become airborne, chandelle, circle, circling,… …

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  • 40spiral — n. an inflationary; wage price spiral (a vicious inflationary spiral) * * * [ spaɪ(ə)rəl] wage price spiral (a vicious inflationary spiral) an inflationary …

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