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helicity
" Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion."
Roger Penrose

Meaning of "helicity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HELICITY

From helix + -ity.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HELICITY

hɪˈlɪsɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELICITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Helicity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HELICITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of helicity in the English dictionary

The definition of helicity in the dictionary is the projection of the spin of an elementary particle on the direction of propagation.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELICITY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELICITY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HELICITY

antigenicity · basicity · capacity · centricity · chronicity · concentricity · cytotoxicity · eccentricity · elasticity · historicity · hydroelectricity · hydrophobicity · modulus of elasticity · monotonicity · nephrotoxicity · periodicity · plasticity · static electricity · synchronicity · teratogenicity · viscoelasticity

Synonyms and antonyms of helicity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «helicity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HELICITY

Find out the translation of helicity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of helicity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «helicity» in English.
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helicidad
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helicity
380 millions of speakers
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helicity
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спиральности
278 millions of speakers
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helicity
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helicity
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hélicité
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Helicity
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Helizität
180 millions of speakers
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ヘリシティ
130 millions of speakers
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helicity
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Helicity
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helicity
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helicity
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हेलसिटि
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helisite
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elicità
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helicity
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спіральності
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ελικότητα
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helicitet
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Trends of use of helicity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HELICITY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about helicity

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QUOTES WITH «HELICITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word helicity.
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Roger Penrose
Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELICITY»

Discover the use of helicity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to helicity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Ubiquitous Photon: Helicity Method for QED and QCD
This volume provides a useful introduction to the helicity method, summarizing over ten years of research on the subject.
R. Gastmans, Tai Tsun Wu, 1990
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Introduction to High Energy Physics
1.6 Helicity states: helicity conservation For a massless fermion of positive energy , E = |p| so that (1.19a) satisfies a p Ipl The quantity (1.21) • H = — = -1 (1.22) IP) is called the helicity (or handedness). It measures the sign of the component of ...
Donald H. Perkins, 2000
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Spin Phenomena in Particle Interactions
and taking into account that po = |p|, op Sp Thus, for the case of massless particle left and right bispinors are the eigenstates of the operator <?p/|p], which is a helicity operator up to factor 1/2. The notion of helicity and helicity states will be ...
Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Troshin, Nikolaĭ Evgenʹevich Ti︠u︡rin, 1994
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Organic Conformational Analysis and Stereochemistry from ...
""12-13'14 Thus, contrihutions from the helicity of the chromophore, as well as from the extrachromophoric perturhers, hoth weigh in on the Cotton effects, and it is not always easy to sort out the dominant contrihution. The ftrst enone helicity ...
David A. Lightner, Jerome E. Gurst, 2000
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Quantum Field Theory
Interpreted in terms of helicity, this means that if the incident electron has positive helicity, then the outgoing electron has positive helicity for forward scattering, and negative helicity for backward scattering. At intermediate angles, it follows from ...
Franz Mandl, Graham Shaw, 2013
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Spin in Particle Physics
Thorough and pedagogical treatment of spin in elementary particle physics, for graduates and researchers.
Elliot Leader, 2005
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Fundamentals of Plasma Physics
11. Magnetic. helicity. interpreted. and. Woltjer–Taylor. relaxation. 11.1 Introduction The previous chapter introduced the concept of magnetic helicity via the energy principle and showed that total helicity K = ∫ d3rA·B is a conserved quantity in ...
Paul M. Bellan, 2006
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Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Since S • k commutes with the Dirac Hamiltonian, there exist common eigenstates17 of £ • k and H. The helicity operator /i(k) has the property /i2(k) - 1, and thus possesses the eigenvalues ±1. The helicity eigenstates with eigenvalue +1 (spin ...
Franz Schwabl, 2005
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The Physics of the Standard Model and Beyond
2.1.2.2 Observation of electron helicity in the 0-decay In 1957, Prauenfelder et al. observed the longitudinal polarization of electron P^ in (2.14) in the /?-decay °° Co ->°° Ni 4- e~ + v, which was measured to be - v, i.e. chirality of electron was ...
T. Morii, C. S. Lim, S. N. Mukherjee, 2004
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Measurements of the Double Helicity Asymmetry in Pion ...
Finally, the current understanding of the proton spin structure is examined considering this new data.
Kieran Peter Boyle, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELICITY»

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The Eric Factor: The most important severe weather factors
Helicity isn't a widely used term, but just think of a diagram of DNA (which loops in a helix). Helicity is the atmosphere's ability to spin as it rises. «WQAD.com, Jul 15»
2
Quantum Emulation of Gravitational Waves
The different tensor products of electromagnetic plane waves of well-defined helicity equal to ±1 (in the left panel) result in electromagnetic ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Seeing through chaos in multimode fibres
Their optical fields are no longer symmetric, as the wavefront helicity and spin are oriented the same way in one case, but opposite in the other. The vectorial ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Weather Permitting: Storm watch tonight, concerns for Tuesday
More interesting is the Lift Index approaching -8 over the region in the afternoon and the Energy-Helicity Index, which is handy to predict storm ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
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'Rock the Park' kicks off Second Saturday events today
The event came together from a partnership between the City of Montgomery and Helicity, a local nonprofit that wants to stimulate, encourage ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Wednesday morning update: Flash Flood WATCH.... MARGINAL …
... the models show a strengthening low level jet this afternoon from the Ozarks to southern Illinois, and an increase in low level helicity. «WLKY Louisville, Jul 15»
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Carbon Nanotube Market – Global Industry Analysis and Forecast to …
Carbon nanotubes has many different structure, depending on length, thickness and type of helicity (projection of the spin on direction of ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
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Unraveling how electronic and spin structures control macroscopic …
... spectra with two opposite magnetization directions relate to the fixed photon helicity, and the corresponding XMCD signal defined as μ+–μ−. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Local bands to compete during 'Rock the Park' event on July 11 in …
The City of Montgomery and Helicity, a local nonprofit that aims to stimulate, encourage, and foster community engagement through the arts in ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
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SPC Jun 23, 2015 0600 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
HODOGRAPHS ARE LOOPED WITH 0-3 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY OF 450 TO 550 M2/S2 SUGGESTING A POTENTIAL WILL EXIST ... «Newsroom America, Jun 15»
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