HELIX


Meaning of HELIX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhē-liks ]

noun

( plural he·li·ces ˈhe-lə-ˌsēz, ˈhē- ; also he·lix·es ˈhē-lik-səz)

Etymology: Latin, from Greek; akin to Greek eilyein to roll, wrap — more at voluble

Date: 1563

1. : something spiral in form: as

a. : an ornamental volute

b. : a coil formed by winding wire around a uniform tube

2. : the incurved rim of the external ear

3. : a curve traced on a cylinder or cone by the rotation of a point crossing its right sections at a constant oblique angle ; broadly : spiral 1b

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