{spiraling artists' circle}

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dictionary definition of "spiral"
|ˈspīrəl|
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.(as an adjective): from medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira ‘coil’ (see spire 2 ).
~ adjective~
: winding in a continuous and gradually widening (or tightening) curve, either around a central point on a flat plane or about an axis so as to form a cone : a spiral pattern.
• winding in a continuous curve of constant diameter about a central axis, as though along a cylinder; helical.
• (of a staircase) constantly turning in one direction as it rises, around a solid or open center.
• Medicine (of a fracture) curving around a long bone lengthwise.
• short for spiral-bound : : a spiral notebook.

spiraling
~verb~ ( -raled , -raling ; Brit. -ralled, -ralling)
1 [ intrans. ] move in a spiral course : a wisp of smoke spiraled up from the trees.
• [ trans. ] cause to have a spiral shape or follow a spiral course :
spiral the bandage around the injured limb.
2 [ intrans. ] show a continuous and dramatic increase : inflation continued to spiral | [as adj. ]

{spiraling}
i.e. He needed to relax after the spiraling tensions of the day.