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spiral of archimedes

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spiral of Archimedes

–noun Geometry.
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): r = aθ.

Origin:
1650–60; named after Archimedes
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