Crossword clues for helixes
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Helix \He"lix\, n.; pl. L. Helices, E. Helixes. [L. helix, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to turn round; cf. L. volvere, and E. volute, voluble.]
(Geom.) 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.
(Arch.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
(Anat.) The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
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(Zo["o]l.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
Note: The genus originally included nearly all shells, but is now greatly restricted. See Snail, Pulmonifera.
Usage examples of "helixes".
Where only moments ago there had been a swarm of bent helixes, they were now being joined by an army of healthy ones—helixes every bit as capable of multiplying as their forebears had been.
The wind was still with them, and the shapes of the pillars were like the swirling helixes of sand made solid.
The diamond had been salvaged from the double helixes strengthening the cable, and the blocks were actually much less valuable than the carbon filament stored underneath them basically a kind of fancy hatch door.
The diamond had been salvaged from the double helixes strengthening the cable, and the blocks were actually much less valuable than the carbon filament stored underneath them—basically a kind of fancy hatch door.
The diamond had been salvaged from the double helixes strengthening the cable, and the blocks were actually much less valuable than the carbon filament stored underneath them— basically a kind of fancy hatch door.
Daniel noted with interest that its vascular tissue seemed to curl in helixes around the bole, rising and sinking through the slab's planed surface like sections of a dolphin's track.
Its wings formed paired shimmering helixes as they rose above the mist.
The legs looked like long helixes, making the creature appear as if standing on springs.
Then you fired our dead so their helixes would not be left for the Earthmen Marines to discover.