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Record 1 1986-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

Of, relating to, or having the form of a helix: cylindrically spiral.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
DEF

En forme d'hélice.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
OBS

a surface resembling that of a screw thread that is generated by a curve which rotates about a straight line and moves in the direction of the line with a velocity whose ratio to the velocity of rotation is constant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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