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.
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- 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 certainhemihedral 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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