ALL meanings of helices
hel·i·ces
H h - noun helices a native or inhabitant of Corinth. 1
- noun helices a man about town, especially one who lives luxuriously or, sometimes, dissolutely. 1
- noun helices an amateur yachtsman. 1
- noun helices Manège. a horse-show class in which each contestant must be a member of a recognized hunt and wear regulation hunt livery. Compare appointment (def 7). 1
- noun plural helices a spiral. 1
- noun plural helices Geometry. the curve formed by a straight line drawn on a plane when that plane is wrapped around a cylindrical surface of any kind, especially a right circular cylinder, as the curve of a screw. Equation: x = a sinθ, y = a cosθ, z = b θ. 1
- noun plural helices Architecture. a spiral ornament. (in a Corinthian capital) either of two scrolls issuing from a cauliculus. Compare Corinthian (def 2). 1
- noun plural helices Anatomy. the curved fold forming most of the rim of the external ear. 1
- noun plural helices Biochemistry. alpha helix. 1
- adjective helices of, relating to, or characteristic of Corinth. 1
- adjective helices Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders invented in ancient Greece and similar in most respects to the Ionic but usually of slenderer proportions, and characterized by a deep capital with a round bell decorated with acanthus leaves and a square abacus with concave sides. The Corinthian capital has typically two distinct rows of acanthus leaves above which appear eight fluted sheaths, from each of which spring two scrolls (helices) of which one curls beneath a corner of the abacus as half of a volute and the other curls beneath the center of the abacus. Compare composite (def 3), Doric (def 3), Ionic (def 1), Tuscan (def 2). 1
- adjective helices ornate, as literary style. 1
- adjective helices luxurious or licentious. 1
- adjective helices pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Corinth, in the 7th and early 6th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by human, animal, and ornamental motifs, painted boldly in a black figure style on a terra-cotta ground, often arranged in tiers around the vase. 1
- noun helices Plural form of helix. 1
- abbreviation HELICES helix 0