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What (who) is helix - definition
SMOOTH SPACE CURVE
Helices; Helixes; Double helix (geometry); Helical chain
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![A charged particle in a uniform [[magnetic field]] following a helical path](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Magnetic_deflection_helical_path.svg?width=200 "A charged particle in a uniform [[magnetic field]] following a helical path")
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Helix
A coil of wire; properly a coil wound so as to follow the outlines of a
screw without overlaying itself.
Fig. 194. LEFT-HANDED HELIX.
Fig. 195. RIGHT-HANDED HELIX.
Fig. 194. LEFT-HANDED HELIX.
Fig. 195. RIGHT-HANDED HELIX.
Helix
helix
n.
1.
Coil, circumvolution, spiral line.
2.
Snail-shell.
Wikipedia
Helix
A helix () is a shape like a corkscrew or spiral staircase. It is a type of smooth space curve with tangent lines at a constant angle to a fixed axis. Helices are important in biology, as the DNA molecule is formed as two intertwined helices, and many proteins have helical substructures, known as alpha helices. The word helix comes from the Greek word ἕλιξ, "twisted, curved". A "filled-in" helix – for example, a "spiral" (helical) ramp – is a surface called helicoid.
Examples of use of helix
1. Watson and Crick discovered the double–helix structure of DNA in 1'53.
2. He said the Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) will use the «triple Helix» approach.
3. ROMAN SNAIL (Helix pomatia) Roman or edible snails are Britain‘s largest snails, up to 4in long and 2in high.
4. Like Brandon Hutchison and Dee Johnson, dating for two months and walking to a happy hour at Helix Lounge.
5. Put differently: This strange double helix of insurgency and incipient civil war will not be won by us.