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Webster 1913 Edition


Gyroidal

Gy-roid′al

(jī̍-roid′al)
,
Adj.
[Gr.
γῦροσ
circle +
-oid
+
-al
.]
1.
Spiral in arrangement or action.
2.
(Crystallog.)
Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; – said of certain hemihedral forms.
3.
(Opt.)
Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.