Noun
1. a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it
2. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
3. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
4. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops;
"a coil of rope"5. flying downward in a helical path with a large radius