spiral of Archimedes: Meaning and Definition of

spi'ral of Archime'des

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— Geom. Geom.
  1. a curve that is the locus of a point that moves outward with uniform speed along a vector, beginning at the origin, while the vector rotates about the origin with uniform angular velocity. Equation (in polar coordinates):&thgr;. r = a
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