helical

What does helical mean?

helical means "in the shape of a coil".

How many syllables are in helical?

helical has 3 syllables: hel-i-cal. The stress falls on "hel". In IPA it is /ˈhɛlɪkəl/.

What is another word for helical?

Close synonyms include coiling, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is helical a common word?

helical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for helical come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.