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Definition of Helix
1. Noun. A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle.
Generic synonyms: Curve, Curved Shape
Specialized synonyms: Double Helix
Derivative terms: Spiral
2. Noun. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. "A coil of rope"
Specialized synonyms: Hank
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Derivative terms: Coil, Coil, Helical, Spiral, Volute
3. Noun. Type genus of the family Helicidae.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Helicidae, Helicidae
Member holonyms: Edible Snail, Helix Pomatia, Garden Snail, Brown Snail, Helix Aspersa, Helix Hortensis
Definition of Helix
1. n. A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane.
Definition of Helix
1. Noun. (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase. ¹
2. Noun. (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital. ¹
3. Noun. (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear. ¹
4. Proper noun. (zoology) A genus of land snail containing many species. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Helix
1. something spiral in form [n -LIXES or -LICES]
Medical Definition of Helix
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Helix
Literary usage of Helix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"The helix may be defined as the form assumed by a right line traced in any plane
... From this definition the equations of the helix are easily obtained. ..."
2. Light and Electricity: Notes of Two Courses of Lectures Before the Royal by John Tyndall, Royal Institution of Great Britain (1903)
"An electro-magnetic helix, even without a core of iron, behaves exactly like a
... When, however, a core ia placed within the helix, the magnetism of the ..."
3. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1876)
"helix cooperi WG В., Douglas and Washington Counties. helix ... helix tholus f
WG Binney, Middle Lacustrine iu Douglas County. helix ..."
4. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"The helix will begin at the position of the optical image of the pole in the disk.
The distance, parallel to the axis, between consecutive coils of the ..."
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