helical
adjective
he·li·cal
ˈhe-li-kəl 
ˈhē-
ˈhē-
: of, relating to, or having the form of a helix
broadly
: spiral sense 1a
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Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens, travels a helical path through space.
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Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
Among its features is the tourbillon at 5 o’clock, two six-column wheels to operate the different levers of the split-seconds function, a specific clamp design and a blade instead of the traditional helical spring.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
Nelson’s team can use its magnets to control a helical microrobot with magnetic fields of less than 10 millitesla, a fraction of what’s created in an MRI.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2015
Unlike standard laser beams that propagate straight, vortex beams twist along their axis, creating a helical wavefront with a distinct ‘null intensity’ region at the center.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2025
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helical
adjective
he·li·cal
ˈhel-i-kəl
ˈhē-li-
ˈhē-li-
: of, relating to, or having the form of a helix
the helical configuration of DNA
broadly
: spiral sense 1a
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