adjective

• Having the shape or form of a helix; spiral.

  ‘helical molecules’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This serves as the starting point for optimization of the helices in the helical bundle.’
  • ‘If a voltage is placed across the display, the helical shape is lost.’
  • ‘It is perfectly realistic to imagine a helical arrangement of straight molecules, as already assumed.’
  • ‘As the tissue is heated, triple helical molecules rewind, shrinking the collagen fibers.’
  • ‘The helical regions of the molecule are often quite variable in sequence.’
  • ‘Upon absorption of light, the kinked helix is relaxed into a normal helical conformation.’
  • ‘It described his proposal for a different type of helical structure, which he called the helix.’
  • ‘The helical axis fluctuated to a limited extent about this average angle throughout the rest of the sampling period.’
  • ‘The helical axis was tilted by an angle of 35° with respect to the central plane.’
  • ‘These interactions are asymmetrically distributed about and along the helical axis.’
  • ‘Solid boxes show the relative positions of two predicted helical structures.’
  • ‘The helical bias can result from an intrinsic tendency for curvature in chain direction.’
  • ‘A common arrangement is the positioning of single leaves spirally up the stem, which can sometimes form a striking helical pattern in the shoot apex.’
  • ‘Our models were deliberately developed to maintain most of the helical secondary structure of the crystals.’
  • ‘On the negative side, I really didn't care for the helical magazine system.’
  • ‘There is also continued debate about whether they should be straight or helical, and about how best, mechanically, to align and attach them.’
  • ‘There also will be some historical notes about the helical screw and a review of the main methods for making threads in wood.’
  • ‘The presence of more than the expected number of signals indicated the existence of multiple helical forms.’
  • ‘However, the general helical nature of the hook and filament are similar.’
  • ‘The secret, as the world now knows, lay in the double helical structure of DNA.’

  Synonyms

  coiled, helical, helix-shaped, corkscrew, curling, winding, twisting, whorled, scrolled