helical

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, helic- +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛl.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈhiː.lɪ.kəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

helical (comparative more helical, superlative most helical)

1. In the shape of a helix.

   Synonym: helicine

   Near-synonym: spiral

Derived terms

• bihelical
• extrahelical
• helically
• helical pile
• helical scan
• helical staircase
• helislab
• hemihelical
• heptahelical
• hexahelical
• interhelical
• intrahelical
• isohelical
• nonhelical
• pseudohelical
• quasihelical
• superhelical
• tetrahelical
• trihelical

Translations

in the shape of a helix

• Bulgarian: спирален (bg) (spiralen)
• Finnish: kierteinen (fi)
• French: hélicoïdal (fr)
• German: spiralförmig (de), spiral-, spiralig, schraubend (de), schraubenförmig (de), helikal
• Greek: ελικοειδής (el) (elikoeidís), ελικοειδές (el) (elikoeidés), σπειροειδής (el) (speiroeidís)
• Italian: elicoidale (it)
• Polish: spiralny (pl)
• Russian: спиральный (ru) (spiralʹnyj)
• Spanish: helicoidal
• Tagalog: pilipitin, pilipit