Spiral vs Heliciform - What's the difference?
spiral | heliciform |
(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
(informal) A helix.
A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
Helical, like a spiral
To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
(figuratively) To increase continually.
As a noun spiral
is spiral.As an adjective heliciform is
having the form of a helix; spiral.spiral
English
(wikipedia spiral)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* death spiral * downward spiral * graveyard spiral * spiral staircase * upward spiralAdjective
(-)Verb
- The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
- Her debts were spiralling out of control.