Helix

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Mathematics A three-dimensional curve that lies on a cylinder or cone, so that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant.
  • n. A spiral form or structure.
  • n. Anatomy The folded rim of skin and cartilage around most of the outer ear.
  • n. Architecture A volute on a Corinthian or Ionic capital.
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  • n. 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.
  • n. A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
  • n. The incurved rim of the external ear.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • n. A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
  • n. The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
  • n. A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A spiral line, as of wire in a coil; a winding, or something that is spiral; a circumvolution; specifically, in geometry, the curve assumed by a right line drawn on a plane when that plane is wrapped round a cylindrical surface of any kind, especially a right cylinder, as the curve of a screw-thread; also, a curve on any developable surface which becomes a right “line when the surface is developed into a plane, as a conical helix.
  • n. In architecture, any spiral, particularly a small volute or twist under the abacus of the Corinthian capital; also, a volute of the Ionic capital.
  • n. In electricity, a coil of wire, as that surrounding the core of an electromagnet.
  • n. In anatomy: The prominent curved fold which forms most of the rim or margin of the outer ear. See second cut under ear.
  • n. The cochlea of the inner ear.
  • n. [capitalized] [NL.] In conchology, the representative genus of Helicidæ and Helicinæ.
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  • n. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
  • n. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
  • n. type genus of the family Helicidae
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mollusk genus   
    Variant
    helices    ear   
    Form
    helically    helical    double helix    alpha helix   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spiral   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Felix   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    armature    bobbin    magnet    spiral    galvanometer    electromagnets    cut-off    electro-magnet    whorl   
     
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