spiral pattern

collocation in English

meaningsofspiralandpattern

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spiral
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈspaɪə.rəl/us
/ˈspaɪr.əl/
shaped in a series of curves, each one above or wider than the ...
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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofspiralandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The cortical microtubules form aspiralpatternat an angle of about 40 to the hypothetical spermatozoon axis.
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The ambient fluid that has been entrained into the drop is convected by the internal flow in aspiralpattern.
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When surface tension is sufficiently small, ambient fluid is entrained into the leading drop and circulates in aspiralpattern.
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On them there is aspiralpattern.
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This creates the commonspiralpattern.
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The disk has 48 holes in aspiralpattern.
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The wave-front forms aspiralpatternas time passes.
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Messier 99 was one of the first galaxies in which aspiralpatternwas first seen.
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The color consists of light golden brown with white blotches in aspiralpattern.
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The trunk is thick, with succulent hairy leaves disposed in a densespiralpattern.
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Cowlicks appear when the growth direction of the hair forms aspiralpattern.
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Besides, figures are located in thespiralpatternin which children are flying back to heaven.
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The branches were arranged in aspiralpattern, forming four vertical rows.
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The arms are defined as much by the dust as by thespiralpattern.
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When their cells divide after the 4-cell stage, descendants of these 4 cells form aspiralpattern.
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Both ends of the right upright and the top end of the left upright havespiralpatternterminals.
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The leaves, which emerge from the stem every 0.8 cm in aspiralpattern, are 7to18 cm long and 2to7.5cm 1 broad.
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The bundles were coiled into aspiralpatternand sewn in place with strips of yucca leaves about 3 mm wide.
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Like candy canes, they usually have at least two different colors (either opaque or translucent) swirled together in aspiralpattern, resembling a barber's pole.
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The formation of these centers roughly follows a chronologicalspiralpatternstarting in the capitate and hamate during the first year of life.
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The larvae enter the twigs at a node mining in aspiralpatternaround the new wood, or directly into the wood.
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The leaves are needle-like, 2.5-5 cm long, have ciliate (hairy) margins when young, and grow around the stems in aspiralpattern.
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The inflorescence is almost 2 m long; the flowers are hermaphroditic, about 4 mm long, with a tubular yellowish green corolla, and arranged in aspiralpattern.
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The crest was composed mainly of long, hardened fibres (twisted together in aspiralpatterninside the conical part of the crest), and covered in scales.
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