helical
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of helical
Example Sentences
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The concrete ring was built by the US Air Force in the early 1960s and supported a steerable helical transmitter that could detect activity from thousands of miles away, the trust said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
It sits not on a foundation but on helical piers screwed into the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Instead, hydrogen moves preferentially along well-defined helical pathways embedded within an ordered carbon structure."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026
As water flows past the DNA, it applies a spinning force to the helical molecule.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
Several days after the fiasco with Bragg, the crystallographer V. Vand sent Max a letter containing a theory for the diffraction of X rays by helical molecules.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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