helix angle

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   the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone

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Questions about helix angle

What does helix angle mean?

helix angle means "the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone".

Is helix angle a common word?

helix angle 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.