helical.

Having the three-dimensional form of a curve that winds around an axis while progressing along it.

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Words that belong together

• a helical spring
• a helical staircase
• a helical path

On the page

A helical service stair rose inside the reactor housing.

The probe followed a helical path through the transparent fluid.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually non-gradable; more nearly helical can describe approximation. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.