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Definition of Helically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helically
Literary usage of Helically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of History by Augustus Schade, Rudolf Rocholl (1899)
"Discrimination between tends upward and moves in spiral, helically corresponding
curves, ... helically ..."
2. Supplement to Spons ̓dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military by Edward Spon, Francis N. Spon (1881)
"The tower is 55 ft. high, surmounted with a cylindrical helically framed lantern
12 ft. in diameter, having the focal plane of the light 150 ft. above high ..."
3. American Wire Rope Catalogue and Hand Book by American Steel & Wire Co (1913)
"Any collection of wires or strands formed helically together. Tiller Rope.
A rope consisting of six ropes of six strands each, seven wires and seven hemp ..."
4. American Wire Rope Catalogue and Hand Book by American Steel & Wire Co (1913)
"A geometrically arranged collection of wires into strands evenly and helically
twisted and cable. W ire Center. An arrangement of wires replacing the the ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"A strand composed of a central core surrounded by one or more layers of helically-laid
wires or groups of wires. 643 Concentric-Lay Cable. ..."
6. Electric Railway Handbook: A Reference Book of Practice Data, Formulas and by Albert Sutton Richey, William Charles Greenough (1915)
"A strand composed of a central core surrounded by one or more layers of helically
laid wires or groups of wires. 10. Rope Lay Cable. ..."
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