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- Dictionaryspiralling/ˈspʌɪrəlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. having or forming a spiral shape: "the office's most eye-catching feature is the grand spiralling staircase"
- 2. showing a continuous and dramatic increase: "spiralling property prices are making the city increasingly unattractive"
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(Definition of spiralling from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spiralling. spiralling. By 1988 the monetary indicators were spiralling out of control. From the Cambridge English Corpus. However, spiralling wage demands, growing unrest and strikes continued.
a situation in which a price, etc. becomes lower, or a situation gets worse and is difficult to control because one bad event causes another: This year's downward spiral of house prices has depressed the market. See more.
(Definition of spiralling from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spiralling. spiralling. She made a delicate spiralling gesture in her palm with the tip of her index finger. From The New Yorker.
1. a. : the path of a point in a plane moving around a central point while continuously receding from or approaching it. b. : a three-dimensional curve (such as a helix) with one or more turns about an axis. 2. : a single turn or coil in a spiral object. 3. : something having a spiral form as:
Whichever way he looked at it, he was caught in circumstances that seemed to be constantly spiralling out of control.
n. 1. a. A curve on a plane that winds around a fixed center point at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point. b. A three-dimensional curve that turns around an axis at a constant or continuously varying distance while moving parallel to the axis; a helix.
A three-dimensional curve that turns around an axis at a constant or continuously varying distance while moving parallel to the axis; a helix. c. Something having the form of such a curve: a spiral of black smoke. 2. Printing A spiral binding. 3. The course or flight path of an object rotating on its longitudinal axis. 4.
Definition of spiral verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A spiral is a shape which winds round and round, with each curve above or outside the previous one. Spiral is also an adjective. ...a spiral staircase. 2. verb. If something spirals or is spiralled somewhere, it grows or moves in a spiral curve. Vines spiraled upward toward the roof. [VERB adverb/preposition]
adj. [ before a noun] of or of the nature of a spiral or coil: a spiral staircase. bound with a spiral binding: a spiral notebook. v. [ no object] to take a spiral form or course: The plane exploded and spiraled down to earth. to rise or fall steadily: Wages have spiraled down once again.
