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helicity

/hɛlɪsɪti/ noun · British & US
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What does helicity mean?

noun

The quality of being helical or spiral in shape or motion. In physics, a measure of the helical twist of a vortex or a magnetic field.

Example

"The engineer studied the helicity of the vortex to understand its behavior."

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