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What does helical mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word helical? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. In the shape of a helix.
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Several such kinks spaced in helical phase will yield a molecule with a more or less planar curvature.
The bacterial flagellar filament is a helical, self-assembling polymer of flagellin monomers.
The loss of the helical spring antenna is approximately 10 dB compared to a half-wave dipole.
Another impact on price is that the linear motors are larger than that of helical scan, making power issues more costly.
The helical segments were presumed to be elements of stem-loop structures formed when the RNA was condensed and encapsidated by the protein.
It has been proposed that the fusion peptide is obliquely inserted into the target membrane as a flexible monomer in an helical conformation.

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