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Definition of Spiralling
1. spiral [v] - See also: spiral
Medical Definition of Spiralling
1. Recycling of organic matter and nutrients between streambed and water column along a stream course. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiralling
Literary usage of Spiralling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Mining by George Joseph Young (1916)
"The approach to the ore could then be constructed by "spiralling down" on the outer
... The solution is the use of the system of spiralling down for both ..."
2. Science Abstracts by Institution of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"The author first of all discusses the magnitude of the effects produced by mutual
induction, and then indicates various methods of spiralling the wires, ..."
3. Assessing Literacy: The Framework for the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) by Anne Campbell, Irwin S. Kirsch, Andrew Kolstad (1996)
"The design most suitable for this purpose is a powerful variant of standard matrix
sampling called balanced incomplete block (BIB) spiralling. ..."
4. The Highway of Death by Earl Bishop Downer (1916)
"Now, in aeroplane duelling, one tries to gain the advantage over the other by
acquiring a greater altitude and planes may be seen spiralling upward for ..."
5. The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour Review (1897)
"The following description of this spiralling tool will show how work of this kind,
... The cost of this conveyor-spiralling machine, with the necessary ..."
6. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"... occurred in ropes with crossed lays and spiralling in ropes of unidirectional
lays. Rotation of a rope about its own axis was a common cause of trouble. ..."
7. History of Littleton, New Hampshire by George Clarence Furber, James Robert Jackson (1905)
"Cyclones have inflowing winds, systematically spiralling towards the centre of
... They have outflowing winds, spiralling away from the centre in the same ..."
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