spiraalselt

Spiraalselt is an Estonian adverb meaning "in a spiral" or "spirally." It describes movement, arrangement, or growth that follows a spiral path around a central point.

It is derived from the noun spiraal (spiral) with a standard Estonian adverbial formation. The term is used across scientific, technical, and artistic texts to convey a spiral manner of action or form.

In practice, spiraalselt can describe phenomena or objects governed by spiral geometry. It is common in descriptions of spiral trajectories, spiral growth patterns in biology, spiral motifs in design, and spiral forms in architecture and mechanical components.

In English, the closest translations are spirally or in a spiral. The Estonian word is typically found in descriptive passages rather than mathematical definitions, where the term spiraal is used to denote the shape itself or the spiral equation.

See also: spiraal, spiral, phyllotaxis.