helicity
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Synonyms: felicity, telicity, elicit, velocity, gelidity, hecticity, elicits, helicine, helicid, felinity, helicin
Antonyms: felicity, telicity, elicit, velocity, gelidity, hecticity, elicits, helicine, helicid, felinity, helicin
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Noun
- The quality of being [[helical]].
- {{lb|en|physics|fluid mechanics|electrodynamics}} Any of [[certain]] [[measure]]s of the extent to which [[vortex line]]s (in fluid flow) or [[field line]]s (in a [[magnetic field|magnetic]] or [[electromagnetic field]]) kink and twist or link and coil around one another.
- {{lb|en|physics|quantum mechanics}} The [[quantized]] [[spin]] [[component]] of a moving [[particle]] along the direction of its motion.
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