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What hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it? (lemmy.world)

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Tell us why we should unexpectedly come to love your hobby.

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[-] MxM111@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I thought heli is more like a screw. (Not claiming that it is, but that was my understanding)

[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The dictionary definition is "Anything twisted, winding, or spiral." but an inference can be made

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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).

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Or, y'know, a helix.

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter.

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