Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?message-squaremessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1250arrow-down1message-squareWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square154fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI thought heli is more like a screw. (Not claiming that it is, but that was my understanding)
minus-square1rre@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoThe dictionary definition is “Anything twisted, winding, or spiral.” but an inference can be made
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoThe word is not “heli” though. It’s “helico”. Like in the helicoprion (a shark with a spiral think on it’s mouth) or a helicograph (a tool to draw spirals).
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoYes, that is where it comes from. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/helico https://www.dictionary.com/browse/helico- Doesn’t change the fact that the word helicopter splits into “helico” and “pter” with the later meaning wing or feather in greek. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pter- It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter.
minus-squareBluetreefrog@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter. TIL
I thought heli is more like a screw. (Not claiming that it is, but that was my understanding)
The dictionary definition is “Anything twisted, winding, or spiral.” but an inference can be made
The word is not “heli” though. It’s “helico”.
Like in the helicoprion (a shark with a spiral think on it’s mouth) or a helicograph (a tool to draw spirals).
Or, y’know, a helix.
Yes, that is where it comes from.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/helico
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/helico-
Doesn’t change the fact that the word helicopter splits into “helico” and “pter” with the later meaning wing or feather in greek.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pter-
It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter.
TIL