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a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center helix: a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle gyrate: 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" coil: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain" flying downward in a helical path with a large radius corkscrew: move in a spiral or zigzag course coiling: in the shape of a coil
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| spiral bandage |
an oblique bandage in which successive turns overlap preceding turns
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| spiral fracture |
one in which the bone has been twisted apart; called also torsion f. See Plate 18.
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| spiral |
A turn of at least 360? Also called a helix.
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| spiral |
The rotation of the ball on its long axis after it has been passed or punted. Skating: A body position in which the skater bends forward, one leg extended backward with a straight knee, the arms extended out to the side.
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