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spiral

curve which emanates from a point, moving farther away as it revolves around the point
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spiral

Summary

spiral has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • spiral is a type of curve[2].
  • spiral's Commons category is recorded as Spirals[3].
  • spiral's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spirals[4].
  • spiral's Commons gallery is recorded as Spiral[5].
  • spiral's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • spiral's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • spiral's different from is recorded as helicoid[8].
  • spiral's different from is recorded as helical object[9].
  • spiral's different from is recorded as helix[10].
  • spiral's different from is recorded as Q1199391[11].
  • spiral's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].

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Definition and Type

spiral is a type of curve[2].

Influence

Things named for spiral include Spiral[13], a literary work[14], written by Kōji Suzuki[15].

Why It Matters

spiral has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] spiral is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for spiral include Spiral[13], a literary work[14], written by Kōji Suzuki[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → curve
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Different from → helicoid, helical object, helix +1
    Biblissima authority id → Q319642
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q319642, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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