spirala — meaning in English

English meaning

• spiral noun A curve that winds around a center point while moving steadily outward or inward.
• volute noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

Senses

spirala is used for these senses in English:

• intrauterine device A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.
• spiral (informal) A helix.
• volute (zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
• volute (engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.

spiral — full definition

1. noun A curve that winds around a center point while moving steadily outward or inward.
2. noun A process that keeps building on itself, making it hard to stop.
3. verb To move in a spiral path, or to steadily worsen or increase.

volute — full definition

1. noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
2. noun The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
3. noun Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
4. noun The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.

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