What is "helix" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does helix mean in English? Meaning of helix definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "helix" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "helix": a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

Noun

  • Meaning: a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
  • Synonyms: helix spiral
  • Hyponyms: double helix
  • Hypernyms: curve curved shape
  • Meaning of "helix": a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

    Noun

  • Meaning: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
  • Example: a coil of rope
  • Synonyms: coil helix spiral volute whorl
  • Hyponyms: hank
  • Hypernyms: construction structure
  • Meaning of "helix": type genus of the family Helicidae

    Noun

  • Meaning: type genus of the family Helicidae
  • Synonyms: genus helix helix
  • Hypernyms: mollusk genus
  • Member Holonyms: brown snail edible snail garden snail helix aspersa helix hortensis helix pomatia
  • Synonyms:

    braid, tendril, twine, convolution, lap, ring, twirl, spiral, scroll, twist, turn, bight, gyration, whorl, wind, circle, roll, loop, involution, corkscrew, curlicue, undulation, complexity, contortion, twist, intricacy, winding, gyration, swirl, coil, serpentine, tortuousness, involution, sinuousness, sinuosity, curlicue, coiling, flexing, snaking, trajectory, arc, arch, contour, loop, swerve, sweep, hairpin, crook, bend, whorl, ambit, concavity, circle, quirk, curvature, festoon, bight, compass, circumference, bow, turn, circuit, vault, round, chord, horseshoe, ellipse, hyperbola, ogee, flexure, curlicue, parabola, meniscus, camber, half-moon, catenary, incurvature, incurvation, sinuosity, curvation, rondure, screw, tangle, nexus, contortion, twist, whorl, perplexity, braid, bunch, whirl, ligature, spiral, snag, tie, warp, joint, snarl, yoke, splice, entanglement, coil, hitch, kink, connection, twirl, link, bond, vinculum, ligament, rosette, mat, gnarl, screw, gyre, quirk, whorl, gyration, coil, flourish, curlicue, corkscrew, volute, curve, flourish, convolution, zigzag, arc, bend, braid, twine, spiral, roll, swivel, jerk, undulation, ply, warp, coil, plug, pull, turn, wrench, meander, wind, yank, torsion, curlicue, hank, eddy, twist, vortex, twirl, swirl, coil, curl, whirlpool, corkscrew,

    Antonyms:

    line, line, straightness, line, advantage, simplicity, opening, line, line,

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    helix in English: helix
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