Associations to the word «Helicoid»

Wiktionary

HELICOID, adjective. Having the form of a flattened helix
HELICOID, noun. (mathematics) A minimal surface in the form of a flattened helix.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats