Definitions for helix

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helix he·lix

Spelling: [hee-liks]

IPA: /ˈhi lɪks/

Helix is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in helix (ehilx).

Definitions for helix

noun

1. a spiral.
2. Geometry. the curve formed by a straight line drawn on a plane when that plane is wrapped around a cylindrical surface of any kind, especially a right circular cylinder, as the curve of a screw. Equation: x = a sinθ, y = a cosθ, z = b θ.
3. Architecture. a spiral ornament. (in a Corinthian capital) either of two scrolls issuing from a cauliculus. Compare Corinthian (def 2).
4. Anatomy. the curved fold forming most of the rim of the external ear.
5. Biochemistry. alpha helix.

Origin of helix

1555-65; Latin: a spiral, a kind of ivy Greek hélix anything twisted; compare helíssein to turn, twist, roll

Examples for helix

The figure appears to be intended to represent helix Nux-denticulata.

Sometimes the helix is prolonged so as to divide the concha in two.

For ornaments they have a stick in the helix, or simple ornament in the ear-lobe.

helix (Theba) cartusiana (first noticed near a Carthusian monastery).

Rounded like a globe or ball, as the species of helix, represented in fig. 268.

A sub-genus of helix, corresponding with the genus Achatina, Auct.

Does the current in the wire at the top of the helix move east or west?

The antihelix may be so developed as to rise in front of the helix—Wildermuth's ear.

Maazel writes about a soon-to-be helix hostage, Anne-Janet, who was on “cancer furlough.”

The expanded metal covering was also wire tied to the helix.