Helical
['helɪk(ə)l;'hiː-] or ['hɛlɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Spiral, winding, cochleary, cochleated, screw-shaped.
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Examples
- It consisted of a metallic cylinder having a helical indenting groove cut upon it from end to end. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This has its cartridges arranged in a tube below and parallel with the barrel, and they are fed in a column to the rear by a helical spring as fast as they are used up at the breech. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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