Death spiral may refer to:
* Aircraft flight:
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Graveyard spiral
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Spiral dive
The dynamic stability of an aircraft refers to how the aircraft behaves after it has been disturbed following steady non-oscillating flight.
Longitudinal modes
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Death spiral (figure skating)
The death spiral is a figure skating term used to describe a spin involving two partners in the discipline of pair skating, in which one partner lowers the other partner while the partner getting close to the ice arches backward on one foot.S&P/I ...
, an element of pair skating
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Death spiral (insurance), an insurance plan whose costs are rapidly increasing
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Death spiral financing Death spiral financing is the result of a badly structured convertible financing used to fund primarily small cap companies in the marketplace, causing the company's stock to fall dramatically, which can lead to the company's ultimate downfall.
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Ant mill
An ant mill is an observed phenomenon in which a group of army ants are separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle, commonly known as a "death spiral" be ...
, a behavioral phenomenon in ants
* ''Death Spiral'', a 1989 novel by
John Ballem
John Bishop Ballem (1925–2010) was a Canadian murder mystery/thriller novelist. While best known for his novels about the oil industry and private law, Ballem was also a naval air force pilot, assistant professor, specialist in the oil industry ...
* "Death Spiral", a song by Dirty Projectors from ''
Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002. The band is the project of singer-songwriter David Longstreth, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The b ...
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