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gyroidal

gyroidal adjective: spiral in arrangement or action.

Adjective (1)

gyroidal (not comparable)

  1. Spiral in arrangement or action.
  2. Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they all incline to the right (or left) of a vertical line; said of certain hemihedral forms.
  3. Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.

Adjective (2)

gyroidal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a gyroid

Origin of gyroidal

Ancient Greek

From gyroid + -al.

Words formed from gyroidal

Words that rhyme with gyroidal

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Questions about gyroidal

What does gyroidal mean?
Gyroidal means spiral in arrangement or action.
What part of speech is gyroidal?
Gyroidal is an adjective.

Words near gyroidal in the dictionary

  1. gyrogravitomagnetic
  2. gyrogroup
  3. gyrogroups
  4. gyroi
  5. gyroid
  6. gyroidal
  7. gyroidally
  8. gyroids
  9. gyrokinetic
  10. gyrokinetics
  11. gyrokite

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