helical
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- adjective
- /ˈhɛlɪkəl/
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helicoidal
- Three-dimensional helical CT is valuable for the assessment of fracture type.
- helical coil
- helical spring
- double helical
Boundlessly curious, relentlessly rigorous, enwrapped by the helical strands that encode our existence.
- Boundlessly curious, relentlessly rigorous, enwrapped by the helical strands that encode our existence.
- It's like, no, you know, best you're going to do as I say, if we were doing this today, we would not build a helical scan thing with a needle.
Examples
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The staircase had a helical design that twisted elegantly upwards.
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Within a prosthetic limb, potential energy exists in resilient shock absorbers, such as helical compression springs.
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First, you wind the helical spring, then...
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We have a loop de loop, and it's helical through space.
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Sure enough, they also found the same helical structure in the data of 346-GHz spectral lines.
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As you know, DNA is a helical molecule made-up of two strands.
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The animation provided a detailed three-dimensional perspective of the helical flow patterns characteristic of the tapered surface design.
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Electrically driven helical rotor pumps handle many contaminated water situations, including sewage.
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Contrast-enhanced helical CT of her chest and abdomen showed no arteriovenous malformations.
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Falk Corp., Milwaukee, Wis. A new line of stainless steel helical bevel gear drives is available for food industry sanitary requirements.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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Having a curved shape that winds around a center like a coil
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Shaped like tight rings or spirals
A spiral that winds around a central line
Shaped like a spiral that turns around a center
Something that winds around a center like a snail shell
A thing that is coiled in a spiral like a snail shell
Something that has a spiral or coil shape for decoration
Shaped like a spiral, for example a snail shell
Coiled tightly, like a shell that hides its center
How Coiled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Helical comes from the Greek word helix, which means 'spiral' or 'twist'. The same root appears in helicopter, so helical means 'shaped like a coil or spiral'.