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• spiral — [16] Spiral comes via French spiral from medieval Latin spīrālis ‘coiled’, a derivative of Latin spīra. This in turn went back to Greek speira ‘coil’. English also acquired the noun, as spire [16], which is used for the ‘tip of a spiral shell’.… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• spiral — [16] Spiral comes via French spiral from medieval Latin spīrālis ‘coiled’, a derivative of Latin spīra. This in turn went back to Greek speira ‘coil’. English also acquired the noun, as spire [16], which is used for the ‘tip of a spiral shell’.… …   Word origins

• Parker spiral — [ heliospheric current sheet is a three dimensional form of the Parker spiral that results from the influence of the Sun s rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the interplanetary medium. [http://wso.stanford.edu/gifs/helio.gif] ] The Parker… …   Wikipedia

• 2009 Norwegian spiral anomaly — Map of Norway in which the light was observed in the red (Trøndelag) and blue (Nord Norge) The Norwegian spiral anomaly of 2009[1] appeared in the night sky over Norway[2] on 9 December 2009. It was vis …   Wikipedia

• double spiral —    by Richard G. Smith   Once upon a time there was a general consensus among the AngloAmerican Left that Baudrillard s writings could be separated into those that are Marxist and those that are postmodern. Reminiscent of Althusser s famous… …   The Baudrillard dictionary

• Mystik Spiral — is a fictional grunge rock band from the popular MTV show Daria. The band featured Trent Lane, the brother of Daria s best friend Jane, as lead singer and guitarist, rhythm guitarist Jesse Moreno, bass guitarist Nicholas Campbell ( Nick ), and… …   Wikipedia

• gimlet — [gim′lit] n. [ME < OFr guimbelet, altered (with dim. suffix et) < wimbelquin < MDu wimmelkijn < wimmel, WIMBLE + dim. suffix kijn, KIN] 1. a small boring tool with a handle at right angles to a shaft having at the other end a spiral,… …   English World dictionary

• Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …   Universalium

• Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …   Universalium

• Romanesque architecture — is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which evolved into the Gothic style beginning in the 12th century. The term Romanesque , meaning descended from Roman , was used to describe the style from the early 19th …   Wikipedia

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium