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螺旋 — meaning in English

luó xuán

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English meaning

  • helix noun A three-dimensional spiral curve, like the shape of a screw thread or a spiral staircase.
  • prop noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
  • rotor noun The rotating part of a motor, generator, or similar machine.
  • spiral noun A curve that winds around a center point while moving steadily outward or inward.

Senses

螺旋 is used for these senses in English:

  • airscrew The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.
  • helix (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
  • prop The propeller of an aircraft or boat.
  • rotor (aviation) The wing of a helicopter or other rotary-wing aircraft.
  • spiral (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.

helix — full definition

  1. noun A three-dimensional spiral curve, like the shape of a screw thread or a spiral staircase.
  2. noun The curved outer rim of the ear.

prop — full definition

  1. noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
  2. noun An object used on a stage or film set to help tell the story.
  3. noun A proposition on an election ballot.
  4. verb To support something by placing an object under or against it.

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