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adj
Growing in a pattern that spirals clockwise around a central support; turning to the right when growing taller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Having a negative torsion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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adjective satellite
spiraling upward from left to right
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dextrorsal
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin dextrorsum, contracted from dextrovorsum, dextroversum (“toward the right side”), from dexter (“right”) + versus, vorsus, past participle of vertere, vortere (“to turn”).
Across languages
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