Helical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Helical \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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  helical
       adj : in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {spiral}, {spiraling},
              {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled}, {turbinate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "helical":
     O-shaped, ambagious, anfractuous, backhanded, circuitous, circular,
     cochlear, cochleate, corkscrew, corkscrewy, deviating, deviative,
     devious, digressive, discursive, excursive, helicoid, indirect,
     meandering, oblique, orbital, out-of-the-way, rotary, round,
     roundabout, screw-shaped, scrolled, spiral, spiroid, turbinal,
     turbinate, verticillate, volute, voluted, whorled