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ˈspiralize, v.
[f. spiral n. or a.1]
trans. To cut spirally. intr. To move in a spiral. Hence ˈspiralized ppl. a., formed into a spiral shape; ˈspiralizing ppl. a.
1851H. Melville Moby Dick I. xxxv. 265 Drink and pass!.. Short draughts—long swallows, men; 'tis hot as Satan's hoof. So, so; it goes round excellently. It spiralizes in ye. Ibid. II. lxvii. 180 Precisely as an orange is sometimes stripped by spiralizing it. 1928T. C. Chamberlin Two Solar Families 145 A group of bodies already separated may respond to the spiralizing whirl of two centers of gravity even more freely than an eruptive body from which the spiralized matter must be shot forth. 1940Jrnl. Genetics XL. 67 The suggestion has been made..that whereas all non-heteropycnotic regions have a spiral structure the heteropycnotic regions are not spiralized at all. 1977Nucl. Instruments & Methods CXLV. 258/2 A new extrapolation is computed to associate track segments. In this way a spiralizing track can be followed. 1980Macromolecules XIII. 798 Neither a chiral carbon nor a spiralized chain participates in the first two addition steps. |