Spiralling

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spiral
       adj : in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical}, {spiraling},
              {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled}, {turbinate}]
       n 1: a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center
            but at ever-greater distances from it
       2: a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and


          cuts the element at a constant angle [syn: {helix}]
       3: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around
          a center with an increasing distance from the center [syn:
           {volute}]
       4: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous
          series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: {coil}, {volute},
          {whorl}, {helix}]
       5: flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
       v 1: 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" [syn: {gyrate}, {coil}]
       2: form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
       3: move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: {corkscrew}]
       [also: {spiralling}, {spiralled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spiralling
       See {spiral}