Usually means: Twisted or coiled in shape.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word helical:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. helical: Merriam-Webster
  2. helical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. helical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. helical: Collins English Dictionary
  5. helical: Vocabulary.com
  6. Helical, -helical, helical: Wordnik
  7. helical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. helical: Wiktionary
  9. helical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. helical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. helical: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. helical: Dictionary.com
  13. Helical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Helical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. helical: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. helical: Rhymezone
  17. Helical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. helical: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. helical: FreeDictionary.org
  20. helical: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. helical: Mnemonic Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. helical: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. helical: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. helical: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. helical: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bryological (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  3. Helical: Glossary of Insulator Terms

(Note: See helically as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (helical)

adjective:  In the shape of a helix.

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