HELICOID


Meaning of HELICOID in English

— helicoidal , adj. — helicoidally , adv.

/hel"i koyd', hee"li-/ , adj.

1. coiled or curving like a spiral.

n.

2. Geom. a warped surface generated by a straight line moving so as to cut or touch a fixed helix.

[ 1690-1700; helikoeidés of spiral form. See HELIC-, -OID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .