Definition for Helix:

• [ Greek] Anything spiral; especially, one of the coils of wire used in generating a faradaic current.

Synonyms for Helix:

• n.

  •
  • balloon,
  • band,
  • circle,
  • bubble,
  • cone,
  • ball,
  • crescent,
  • bowl,
  • bulge.
  •coil (noun)
  • braid,
  • gyration,
  • twine,
  • twirl,
  • bight,
  • lap,
  • scroll,
  • roll,
  • wind,
  • ring,
  • turn.
  •convolution (noun)
  • swirl,
  • intricacy,
  • winding,
  • complexity,
  • windings,
  • serpentine,
  • sinuosity,
  • contortion,
  • Sinuosities,
  • tortuousness,
  • undulation,
  • sinuousness,
  • serpentines,
  • Snaking,
  • Flexing,
  • coiling.
  •curve (noun)
  • camber,
  • Rondure,
  • parabola,
  • chord,
  • ambit,
  • half-moon,
  • crook,
  • flexure,
  • horseshoes,
  • swerve,
  • compass,
  • meniscus,
  • festoon,
  • round,
  • hyperbola,
  • ogees,
  • hyperbolas,
  • cambers,
  • concavity,
  • vault,
  • halfmoon,
  • catenary,
  • hairpin,
  • Curvation,
  • circuit,
  • ellipse,
  • sweep,
  • trajectory,
  • bow,
  • Menisci,
  • horseshoe,
  • arc,
  • incurvation,
  • arch,
  • circumference,
  • Ogee,
  • quirk,
  • incurvature,
  • Ellipses,
  • Meniscuses,
  • half-moons,
  • chords,
  • curvature,
  • Parabolas,
  • contour,
  • catenaries,
  • bend,
  • flexures.
  •genus helix (noun)
  • genus helix.
  •play it by ear (noun)
  • ear.
  •shape (noun)
  • helix.
  •spiral (noun)
  • gyre,
  • flourish.
  •twist (noun)
  • meander,
  • plug,
  • wrench,
  • pull,
  • yank,
  • jerk,
  • zigzag,
  • ply,
  • swivel.
  •whorl (noun)
  • curl,
  • vortex,
  • whirlpool,
  • eddy.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • coil,
  • construction,
  • convolution,
  • corkscrew,
  • curlicue,
  • curve,
  • curved shape,
  • gnarl,
  • hank,
  • hanks,
  • involution,
  • knot,
  • ligament,
  • loop,
  • mollusk genus,
  • rosette,
  • spiral,
  • splice,
  • structure,
  • tendril,
  • thing,
  • torsion,
  • twist,
  • volute,
  • whorl,
  • Helices,
  • Helixes,
  • Ligaments,
  • Torsions,
  • gnarls,
  • zigzags,
  • involutions,
  • volutes,
  • rosettes,
  • corkscrews,
  • curlicues.

Paraphrases for Helix:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    spiral.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    propeller.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prop, propeller.

Antonyms for Helix:

• n.

  • coil
    line.
  • convolution
    straightness.
  • knot
    simplicity, opening, advantage.

Helix Sentence Examples:

• Again, Hero mentions a wheel of 30 teeth which, because of imperfections, might need only 20 turns of a single helix worm to turn it!

Hypernym for Helix:

• n.

  • shape
    double helix.

Hyponym for Helix:

• n.

  • shape
    curved shape, curve.