English-Italian translations for spiral

• spirale
  E' giunto il momento di porre fine a questa spirale infernale. It is time for this infernal spiral to come to an end.
  Quella cui assistiamo oggi è una pericolosa spirale. What we are seeing now is a dangerous spiral.
  Ci troviamo in una spirale discendente, una spirale negativa, molto pericolosa. We have a downward spiral, a negative spiral, which is a dangerous one.
• aumentare vertiginosamente
  E’ assolutamente urgente un regolamento in tal senso, dal momento che i costi relativi alle nuove misure di sicurezza continuano ad aumentare vertiginosamente. A regulation in this respect is all the more urgent, because the costs involved in new safety measures continue to spiral out of all proportion.
• bovolo

Definition of spiral

• A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point
• 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
• To cause something to spiral
• To increase continually

Examples

• The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
• You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
• Her debts were spiralling out of control.

Related words

• spirally
• spirality
• spiralize
• trochospiral
• spiralisation
• spiral galaxy
• spiral spring
• spiral staircase
• spiral nebula