HELIX


Meaning of HELIX in English

/ ˈhiːlɪks; NAmE / noun

( pl. heli·ces / ˈhiːlɪsiːz; NAmE /) a shape like a spiral or a line curved around a cylinder or cone

—see also double helix

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent. (in the architectural sense spiral ornament ): via Latin from Greek .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.