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Spiraling   /spˈaɪrəlɪŋ/   Listen
Spiraling

adjective
1.
In the shape of a coil.  Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled.






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"Spiraling" Quotes from Famous Books



... cannon. The Cavelli gun had two spiral grooves into which fitted the 1/4-inch projecting lugs of a long projectile (fig. 12a). Other attempts at what might be called rifling were Lancaster's elliptical-bore gun and the later development of a spiraling hexagonal-bore by Joseph Whitworth (fig. 12b). The English Whitworth was used by Confederate artillery. It was an efficient piece, though subject to easy fouling that ...
— Artillery Through the Ages - A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America • Albert Manucy

... The plane kept up its constant spiraling. Jeter and Eyer flew the ship in relays. Occasionally they secured the controls and allowed the ...
— Lords of the Stratosphere • Arthur J. Burks



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