heliconical

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Adjective

heliconical (not comparable)

  1. (physics) Relating to a helicon
    • 2015, Gautam Singh, Dena M. Agra-Kooijman, Michael R. Fisch, M. R. Vengatesan, Jang-Kun Song, Satyendra Kumar, “Orientational Order in the Nematic and Heliconical Nematic Liquid Crystals”, in arXiv‎:
      The heliconical tilt angle, estimated from the orientational distribution functions (ODFs), in all cases increases from zero at the N - Ntb transition to approximately 27{\deg} at about 40 K below the transition, in excellent agreement with freeze fracture transmission electron microscopy results of Chen and the birefringence results of Meyer.
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