spiral

a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

a continuously accelerating change in the economy

ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"

move in a spiral or zigzag course

in the shape of a coil