0 sth that curves many times around a central point -- spiral [ masculine ]
1 a situation that becomes rapidly worse -- spiral [ masculine ]
the spiral of rising prices spiralen av økende boligpriser
the downward spiral into depression en nedadgående spiral mot depresjon
2 to turn around and around like a spiral -- bevege seg i spiral
4 coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below -- spiral-, vindel-
a spiral staircase.
5 winding round and round, usually tapering to a point -- spiral-/skrueformet
a spiral shell.
A violent strategy would have led inevitably to spiralling escalation, with the state having the strategic edge at every turn in the foreseeable future.
However, spiralling wage demands, growing unrest and strikes continued.
Reduced invasion will leave the spiral arteries vasoreactive, and thus more likely to undergo spontaneous transient vasoconstriction.
In preeclampsia, an inadequate placental trophoblast invasion of the maternal uterine spiral arteries results in poor placental perfusion, leading to placental ischaemia.
Failed physiological change of the spiral arteries will result in persistence of the muscular layer.
In its shell guise, the spiral usually has small protuberances around the perimeter.
The interests of management, faced with spiraling cost of labour, and unions, operating in a labour surplus economy, converged towards a masculinisation of organized labour.
By 1988 the monetary indicators were spiralling out of control.
