English to English
adjective
- Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
source: WordNet 3.0
- a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
source: WordNet 3.0
- a continuously accelerating change in the economy
source: WordNet 3.0
- ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
source: WordNet 3.0
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
A coil of rope.
source: WordNet 3.0
- flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
source: WordNet 3.0
- A plane curve, not reëntrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- in the shape of a coil
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- form a spiral
The path spirals up the mountain.
source: WordNet 3.0
- move in a spiral or zigzag course
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [spáiral] Sinusô
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
