HELICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does helical mean? 

• HELICAL (adjective)
  The adjective HELICAL has 1 sense:

1. in the shape of a coil

  Familiarity information: HELICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the shape of a coil

Synonyms:

coiling; helical; spiral; spiraling; turbinate; volute; voluted; whorled

Similar:

coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))

Derivation:

helix (a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops)

 Context examples 

The peptide has an alpha helical structure, which is known to interact strongly with cell membranes.

(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Hydroxyproline residues likely promote the triple helical fibrous structure of collagen.

(Collagen Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Two basic essential features are common: (1) the overall secondary structure is alpha helical, (2) the hydrophobic residues are arranged on one side of the helices.

(Coiled-Coil Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

The Estrogen Binding Domain is an all-helical ligand-binding domain within its nuclear hormone receptor.

(Estrogen Binding Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

It spans approximately 80-100 amino acid residues folded into an 11-stranded sandwich, which sometimes contain small helical insertions between the loops connecting the strands.

(FHA Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of microaerophilic, Gram negative, helical rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.

(Helicobacter cinaedi, NCI Thesaurus)

Helical tomotherapy is a type of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).

(Helical tomotherapy, NCI Dictionary)

A 120 amino acid protein domain, with an alpha-helical structure, containing 10 cysteines, which have conserved spacing throughout the sequence.

(Frizzled Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

The structure of the shell is icosahedral with either helical or complex symmetry.

(Capsid Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

The coronavirus genome exhibits helical symmetry.

(Coronavirus, NCI Thesaurus)