spiral pattern
Curving inward continuously
A spiral pattern is a design that curves outward from a central point in progressively larger loops, like a snail shell or a galaxy's arms.
The term appears in contexts from mathematics to nature to decorative arts: The spiral pattern on the pottery dates to 3000 BCE.
Spiral patterns occur throughout nature—in pinecones, hurricanes, and the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower head.
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
- double helixTwo intertwined spirals
- coilWound circular arrangement
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- swirlRotating, curving movement
curl · vortex · nautilus · shell · galaxy · tendril · golden ratio · corkscrew · twist · snail · hurricane · whirlpool · labyrinth · fern · unfurling · centrifugal · spinning · DNA
spiral patternstraight lines
Unbent one-dimensional figures
grid pattern · zigzag pattern · checkerboard pattern · parallel lines · rectangular grid
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