gyroidal

  1. Adjective.  Spiral in arrangement or action.
  2. Adjective.  (crystallography) Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they all incline to the right (or left) of a vertical line; said of certain hemihedral forms.
  3. Adjective.  Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.

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