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  • 31Spiral (railway) — A spiral (sometimes called a spiral loop or just loop) is a technique employed by railways to ascend steep hills.A railway spiral rises on a steady curve until it has completed a 360 degree loop, passing over itself as it gains height, allowing… …

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  • 32Spiral — In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a central point, getting progressively farther away as it revolves around the point.piral or helixA spiral and a helix are two terms that are easily confused, but represent different objects …

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  • 33spiral — spi|ral1 [ spaırəl ] noun count * 1. ) a shape that looks like a set of circles inside each other, made by one line curving inside itself a ) a shape made by something that curves around a central line or post and along its length 2. ) a… …

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  • 34spiral — I UK [ˈspaɪrəl] / US noun [countable] Word forms spiral : singular spiral plural spirals * 1) a) a shape that looks like a set of circles inside each other, made by one line curving inside itself b) a shape made by something that curves around a… …

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  • 35spiral — spirality /spuy ral i tee/, n. spirally, adv. /spuy reuhl/, n., adj., v., spiraled, spiraling or (esp. Brit.) spiralled, spiralling. n. 1. Geom. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or… …

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  • 36Spiral of Theodorus — In geometry, the spiral of Theodorus (also called square root spiral or Einstein spiral ) is a spiral composed of contiguous right triangles. It was first constructed by Theodorus of Cyrene.ConstructionThe spiral is started with an isosceles… …

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  • 37Spiral axis — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… …

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  • 38Line array — Un line array es un sistema de altavoces que se compone de una serie de ellos acoplados entre sí en una estructura en línea, para crear una fuente cercana de la línea del sonido. La distancia entre los conductores de un lado están lo… …

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  • 39Spiral Scratch (EP) — Infobox Album Name = Spiral Scratch Type = EP Artist = Buzzcocks Released = Jan 29, 1977 Recorded = Dec 28, 1976 in Manchester, United Kingdom Genre = Punk, Indie Length = 10:01 Label = New Hormones ORG1 Producer = Martin Hannett Reviews = *… …

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  • 40spiral — 01. The birds were flying loops and [spirals] through the trees, and across the sky. 02. Most of the galaxies in the universe have a [spiral] shape. 03. We put a [spiral] binding on the book, so it could be opened and lain flat on a desk. 04.… …

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