"helix" in the noun sense
1. helix, spiral
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
2. coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"a coil of rope"
3. Helix, genus Helix
type genus of the family Helicidae
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