Helicoid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Arranged in or having the approximate shape of a flattened coil or spiral.
  • n. Mathematics A surface in the form of a coil or screw.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having the form of a flattened helix
  • n. A minimal surface in the form of a flattened helix.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.
  • adj. Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidæ, or Snail family.
  • n. A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or having the form of a helix; screw-shaped; coiled like a helix. See cut under Foraminifera. Also helicoidal.
  • In conchology, pertaining to or resembling the Helicidæ
  • n. In geometry, any one of several different surfaces. See the phrases below
  • n. A helicoid parabola.
    • Word Usage
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spiral   
     
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