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Definition: HELISPHERICAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Spiral.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb helispherically.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Helispherical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: HELISPHERICAL

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Spiral. The helispherical line is the rhomb line in navigation, so called because on the globe it winds round the pole spirally, coming nearer and nearer to it, but never terminating in it. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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Common Expressions: HELISPHERICAL

Expressions Definition
Helispherical line (Math.). the rhomb line in navigation. [R.]. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

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Definition: HELISPHERICAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Spiral.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb helispherically.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "HELISPHERICAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: HELISPHERICAL

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Spiral. The helispherical line is the rhomb line in navigation, so called because on the globe it winds round the pole spirally, coming nearer and nearer to it, but never terminating in it. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: HELISPHERICAL

ExpressionsDefinition
Helispherical line(Math.). the rhomb line in navigation. [R.]. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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