Definition
Curves that wind round a center point, getting gradually further away or closer, like a snail shell or a tornado's shape.
Etymology
From Late Latin 'spiralis' (coiled), derived from 'spira' (coil or turn). This ultimately comes from Greek 'speira,' meaning twist or coil, related to spinning and rope-making.
Kelly Says
Spirals appear everywhere in nature—galaxies, DNA helixes, hurricanes, sunflower seeds—because they're an efficient way to pack a growing organism into a limited space, which is why the spiral is one of the most fundamental patterns in mathematics and biology.
Translations
BNবাংলা
স্পিরাল
spih-raal
CACatalà
espirals
eh-speh-rahl
CSČeština
spirály
spih-ra-lee
DADansk
spiraler
speh-rah-ler
DEDeutsch
Spiralen
speh-rah-len
ELΕλληνικά
σπείρες
speh-rees
ESEspañol
espirales
eh-speh-rah-lehs
FRFrançais
spirales
spih-rahl
HEעברית
спіралі
speh-ra-lee
HUMagyar
spirál
speh-rahl
IDBahasa Indonesia
spiral
spi-rahl
ITItaliano
spiral
spih-rahl
MSBahasa Melayu
spiral
speh-rahl
NLNederlands
spiralen
speh-rah-len
PLPolski
śrubki
shruh-bkee
PTPortuguês
espiral
eh-speh-rah-l
RORomână
spirale
speh-rah-leh
RUРусский
спирали
spih-ra-lee
SVSvenska
spiraler
speh-rah-ler
SWKiswahili
spiraali
speh-ra-lee
TEతెలుగు
స్పిరల్
speh-rahl
TRTürkçe
sarmalar
sar-mahl-ar
UKУкраїнська
спіралі
speh-ra-lee
VITiếng Việt
xoắn ốc
khoa-n-oc