noun. A three-dimensional curve that lies on a cylinder or cone, so that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant.

noun. A spiral form or structure.

noun. The folded rim of skin and cartilage around most of the outer ear.

noun. A volute on a Corinthian or Ionic capital.

intransitive verb. To move or position (something) into the shape of a helix.

intransitive verb. To have the shape of a helix.

intransitive verb. To move along a helical course; spiral.

noun. 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.

noun. In architecture, any spiral, particularly a small volute or twist under the abacus of the Corinthian capital; also, a volute of the Ionic capital.

noun. In electricity, a coil of wire, as that surrounding the core of an electromagnet.

noun. In anatomy: The prominent curved fold which forms most of the rim or margin of the outer ear. See second cut under ear.

noun. The cochlea of the inner ear.

noun. [capitalized] [NL.] In conchology, the representative genus of Helicidæ and Helicinæ.

noun. 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.

noun. A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.

noun. The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.

noun. A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.

noun. 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.

noun. A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.

noun. The incurved rim of the external ear.

noun. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

noun. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

noun. type genus of the family Helicidae

"Even the double helix is a sort of spell-checker, for editorial enzymes can compare one DNA base with its opposite and undamaged number to check that it fits."

fossa of the helix  osculating helix of a non-plane curve  

helicopter  left-handed  right-handed  spiral  

alpha helix  double helix  helical  helically  

mollusk genus  

Felix  

armature  bobbin  cut-off  electro-magnet  electromagnets  

cirrus  coil  corkscrew  curl  curlicue  

ear  helices