Helix

Related Terms:

helicospore spiral staircase helixing capital right handed abacus helicopter axoid heliciform tetrahelix interhelix playboating helictical perpendicular interhelical superhelix deoxyribonucleic acid supercoiling helicoid quasihelical supercoil spirifer paranemic rim tetrahelical tertiary structure heliac polyproline coil minihelix intrahelical helixlike helico hemihelix midair constant cylinder multi start helices upside down left handed helimagnetism axis isohelical bine anthelix scapha spiro cone screw plane spiral ear three dimensional corinthian volute alpha helix trihelical bihelical angle spin helical microhelix slinky chiral one start plectoneme bispiraled heptahelical external two start helixes

Definitions:

Noun

helix spiral

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

coil spiral volute whorl helix

Definition: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

Helix genus Helix

Definition: type genus of the family Helicidae

Definition: 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.

Verb

Definition: To form or cause to form a helix.