helical

Example Sentences

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“Moty!” she cried out from the grand helical staircase in her Bel Air home’s foyer.

From New York Times

She added that the bones were organized helically, comparing it to the spokes on a bicycle wheel.

From Salon

A particular arrangement of spins, known as a helical spin structure, is shown here.

From Nature

What is new about this proposal is that it combines a physical cause—cosmic rays—with a chemical property of living molecules—helical structures—to affect the way primitive life evolved.

From Scientific American

Datta et al. then filtered the mixture to remove the long helical structures, thus producing a solution that predominantly contained toroids.

From Nature