helical
1Helical — Hel i*cal, a. [From {Helix}.] Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring. {Hel i*cal*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
2helical — index circuitous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3helical — spiral shaped, 1590s, from L. helicem (see HELIX (Cf. helix)) + AL (Cf. al) (1) …
4helical — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having the shape or form of a helix; spiral. DERIVATIVES helically adverb …
5helical — [hel′i kəl] adj. [ HELIC(O) + AL] of, or having the form of, a helix; spiral helically adv …
6helical — (hel ī kal) In virology this refers to a virus with a helical capsid surrounding its nucleic acid …
7helical — 1. Relating to a helix. SYN: helicine (2). 2. SYN: helicoid. [G. helix, a coil] * * * he·li·cal hel i kəl, hē li adj of, relating to, or having the form of a helix <the helical configuration of DNA> broadly SPIRAL (1a) he·li·cal·ly k(ə )lē …
8helical — A spiralling shape such as that made by a coil spring. In the shape of a helix. Also see double helical gear …
9Helical railgun — Helical railguns are multi turn railguns that reduce rail and brush current by a factor equal to the number of turns. Two rails are surrounded by a helical barrel and the projectile or re usable carrier is also helical. The projectile is… …
10Helical cone beam computed tomography — Helical (or spiral) cone beam computed tomography is a type of three dimensional computed tomography (CT) in which the source (usually of x rays) describes a helical trajectory relative to the object while a two dimensional array of detectors… …
