Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the brachiopods of the superfamily Spiriferacea, either of two spirally coiled calcareous ribbons which support the brachia. These consist of two cones placed base to base or with their axes inclined to one another. The spiralia are usually joined by a transverse band or jugum the bifurcations from which may be produced between the volutions of the spiralia, thus forming a double spiral on each side, or diplospire.
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Examples
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Because of its flexible form, it can be shaped the way you want to - in a spirale or in a circle.
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Rappresentazione simbolica della vita umana, dalla nascita alla morte: “una spirale che non avrà mai fine…”
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It's been a while since I wandered over to PerlMonks, but I did this monrning, and in their Obfuscated Code section I found a fantastic program that outputs it's own code in a continuously spiraling .... erhmm ... spirale.
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The plants occupying the banks and the bed of the river are the same, viz. Ehretia, Saccharum spontaneum, spirale; _Kagara_, Erythrina, Ficus, Gnaphalia, Podomolee,
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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This is a small straggling village, on the brow of the ravine of the same name; it is like Moflong, each house being hidden by hedges composed as usual of Buddleia, Colquhounii, Solanum spirale?
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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_Solanum spirale_ occurs in abundance, and the trees commence to be clothed with ferns.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Foramina nervosa, giving passage to the nerves from the ganglion spirale or ganglion of Corti.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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The spiral organ of Corti (organon spirale [Corti]; organ of Corti) (Figs. 931, 932) is composed of a series of epithelial structures placed upon the inner part of the basilar membrane.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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Foramina nervosa, giving passage to the nerves from the ganglion spirale or ganglion of Corti.
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The under surface of the membrane is covered by a layer of vascular connective tissue; one of the vessels in this tissue is somewhat larger than the rest, and is named the vas spirale; it lies below Cortis tunnel.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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