A spiral galaxy is shaped like a disk. The disk tends to resemble a pinwheel with arms which spiral outward as it rotates.
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Pinwheel
Synonyms for "pinwheel" (58 found)
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35 translations across 29 languages.
Assamese
1 entries- চকৰি noun (fake flower for children)
Bulgarian
1 entries- книжна въртележка noun (fake flower for children)
Burmese
1 entries- လေစကြာ noun (fake flower for children)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 風車 /风车 noun (fake flower for children)
Czech
1 entries- větrník noun (fake flower for children)
Danish
1 entries- vindmølle noun (fake flower for children)
Dutch
1 entries- windmolentje noun (fake flower for children)
Finnish
1 entries- väkkärä noun (fake flower for children)
French
2 entries- moulin à vent noun (fake flower for children)
- moulinet noun (fake flower for children)
Galician
2 entries- andavía noun (fake flower for children)
- viraventos noun (fake flower for children)
German
1 entries- Windrad noun (fake flower for children)
Icelandic
2 entries- rella noun (fake flower for children)
- vindrella noun (fake flower for children)
Indonesian
1 entries- kincir angin noun (fake flower for children)
Ingrian
1 entries- väkkärä noun (fake flower for children)
Irish
1 entries- muileann noun (fake flower for children)
Italian
1 entries- girandola noun (fake flower for children)
Japanese
1 entries- 風車 noun (fake flower for children)
Khmer
1 entries- កង្ហារ noun (fake flower for children)
Korean
1 entries- 바람개비 noun (fake flower for children)
Māori
1 entries- pekapeka noun (fake flower for children)
Polish
1 entries- wiatraczek noun (fake flower for children)
Portuguese
1 entries- cata-vento noun (fake flower for children)
Russian
1 entries- верту́шка noun (fake flower for children)
Slovak
1 entries- veterník noun (fake flower for children)
Spanish
4 entries- molinete noun (fake flower for children)
- molinillo noun (fake flower for children)
- rehilete noun (fake flower for children)
- ventolera noun (fake flower for children)
Swedish
1 entries- vindsnurra noun (fake flower for children)
Thai
1 entries- กังหันลม noun (fake flower for children)
Turkish
1 entries- rüzgârgülü noun (fake flower for children)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chong chóng noun (fake flower for children)
Sample sentences
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The Milky Way is called a spiral galaxy because it has long arms which spin around like a giant pinwheel.
Source: tatoeba (3957852)
The sun blazing late in the afternoon, this long hilarious day like a pinwheel inexhaustibly throwing off sparks.
Source: wiktionary
The damaged fighter jet pinwheeled out of control, the g-forces pushing the pilot so hard he couldn't reach the ejection switch.
Source: wiktionary
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