different between spiral vs anticyclone
spiral
English
Etymology
From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira, from Ancient Greek ?????? (speíra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spa???l/
- Rhymes: -a???l
Noun
spiral (plural spirals)
- (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
- (informal) A helix.
- A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
spiral (not comparable)
- Helical, like a spiral
Translations
Verb
spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle (US) spiraling or (UK) spiralling, simple past and past participle (US) spiraled or (UK) spiralled)
- (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
- The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
- (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
- You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.
- Her debts were spiralling out of control.
Translations
Further reading
- spiral on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- Aprils, Plairs, prials
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
spiral c (singular definite spiralen, plural indefinite spiraler)
- spiral
Declension
Further reading
- “spiral” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “spiral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi.?al/
Adjective
spiral (feminine singular spirale, masculine plural spiraux, feminine plural spirales)
- spiral
Noun
spiral m (plural spiraux)
- spiral
Further reading
- “spiral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Etymology
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Noun
spiral
- hip
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira
Noun
spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiraler, definite plural spiralene)
- a spiral, coil
- a coil (contraceptive device)
Derived terms
- spiralfjær
- spiraltrapp
References
- “spiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira
Noun
spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiralar, definite plural spiralane)
- a spiral, coil
- a coil (contraceptive device)
Derived terms
- spiraltrapp
References
- “spiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French spiral
Adjective
spiral m or n (feminine singular spiral?, masculine plural spirali, feminine and neuter plural spirale)
- spiral
Declension
Further reading
- spiral in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
spiral c
- spiral
Declension
spiral From the web:
- what spiral arm are we in
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- what spiral ham is the best
- what spirals
- what spiral dynamic am i
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- what spiral model
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anticyclone
English
Etymology
anti- +? cyclone
Noun
anticyclone (plural anticyclones)
- (meteorology) a system of winds that spiral out from a centre of high pressure
Translations
Coordinate terms
Further reading
- anticyclone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Noun
anticyclone m (plural anticyclones)
- (meteorology) a high pressure zone, an anticyclone
Further reading
- “anticyclone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
anticyclone From the web:
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