gyroidal

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔɪdəl

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek

Adjective

gyroidal (not comparable)

  1. Spiral in arrangement or action.
  2. (crystallography) 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.
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From gyroid +‎ -al.

Adjective

gyroidal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a gyroid
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