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arithmetic spiral

arithmetic spiral noun: synonym of Archimedean spiral.

Noun

arithmetic spiral (plural arithmetic spirals)

  1. Synonym of Archimedean spiral.
    • The Parker spiral is the shape of the Sun's magnetic field as it extends through the solar system. Unlike the familiar shape of the field from a bar magnet, the Sun's extended field is twisted into an arithmetic spiral by the magnetohydrodynamic influence of the solar wind.2010 March 4, Wikipedia contributors, “Parker spiral”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, revision 347739381

Synonyms of arithmetic spiral

Forms of arithmetic spiral

pluralarithmetic spirals

Origin of arithmetic spiral

It is a spiral whose equation in polar coordinates is linear, which would thus, when quantized, yield an arithmetic progression.

Questions about arithmetic spiral

What does arithmetic spiral mean?
Arithmetic spiral means synonym of Archimedean spiral.
What part of speech is arithmetic spiral?
Arithmetic spiral is a noun.
What is the plural of arithmetic spiral?
The plural of arithmetic spiral is arithmetic spirals.

Words near arithmetic spiral in the dictionary

  1. arithmetic progression
  2. arithmetic progressions
  3. arithmetic sequence
  4. arithmetic sequences
  5. arithmetic series
  6. arithmetic spiral
  7. arithmetic spirals
  8. arithmetic-geometric mean
  9. arithmetic-geometric means
  10. arithmetical
  11. arithmetical hierarchies

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