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spiral noun

  /ˈspaɪɹəl/ , /ˈspɑɪɹəl/
  • (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
  • A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
 spirale
  • (informal) A helix.
 bovolo

spiral verb

  /ˈspaɪɹəl/ , /ˈspɑɪɹəl/
  • (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.
 aumentare vertiginosamente

spiralize verb

  • (transitive, _, or, _, intransitive) To form into a spiral.
 spiralizzare
spiral staircase
scala a chiocciola
spiral galaxy
galassia spirale
logarithmic spiral
spirale logaritmica
barred spiral galaxy
galassia a spirale barrata
Archimedian spiral
spirale archimedea
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