Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Spiral in arrangement or in movement.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Spiral in arrangement or action.
  • adjective (Crystallog.) Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; -- said of certain hemihedral forms.
  • adjective (Opt.) Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Spiral in arrangement or action.
  • adjective crystallography Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they all incline to the right (or left) of a vertical line; said of certain hemihedral forms.
  • adjective Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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