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Helix
ˈhiːlɪks
Helix definitions
noun
helices
helix
- an object having a three-dimensional shape like that of a wire wound uniformly in a single layer around a cylinder or cone, as in a corkscrew or spiral staircase
- a curve on a conical or cylindrical surface which would become a straight line if the surface were unrolled into a plane
- an extended spiral chain of atoms in a protein, nucleic acid, or other polymeric molecule
- a spiral ornament
- the rim of the external ear