HELIX
\hˈiːlɪks], \hˈiːlɪks], \h_ˈiː_l_ɪ_k_s]\
Definitions of HELIX
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
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The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
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A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
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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.
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A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
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The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
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A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
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A spiral, as of wire in a coil: (zool.) the snail or its shell: the external part of the ear:-pl. HELICES.
By Daniel Lyons
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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