Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arithmetic spiral

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: arith-metic spi-ral
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of Archimedean spiral.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

arithmetic spirals (plural)

Synonyms

Archimedean spiral

Questions

What does arithmetic spiral mean?: Synonym of Archimedean spiral.
Where does arithmetic spiral come from?: It is a spiral whose equation in polar coordinates is linear, which would thus, when quantized, yield an arithmetic progression.

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