σπείρωμα — meaning in English
speiroma
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English meaning
- spiral noun A curve that winds around a center point while moving steadily outward or inward.
Senses
σπείρωμα is used for these senses in English:
- screw thread (engineering) A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.
- spiral (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
spiral — full definition
- noun A curve that winds around a center point while moving steadily outward or inward.
- noun A process that keeps building on itself, making it hard to stop.
- verb To move in a spiral path, or to steadily worsen or increase.