| a. | 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. |
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