Synonym of the word HELIX

n. (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular…
n. (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
n. (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
n. An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.

n. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
n. Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
n. (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
n. (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
v. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
v. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
v. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
v. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
n. (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

n. The process of constructing.
n. Anything that has been constructed.
n. The trade of building structures.
n. A building, model or some other structure.
n. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
n. The manner in which something is built.
n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

adj. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
n. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
n. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
n. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution…
n. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
n. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional…
n. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
n. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
n. (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
v. (transitive) To bend; to crook.
v. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
v. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
v. To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
v. (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.

n. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing…
n. (informal) A helix.
n. A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it…
adj. Helical, like a spiral.
v. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
v. (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
v. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.

n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
n. The underlying shape of a solid.
n. The overall form or organization of something.
n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

n. (architecture) The spiral curve on an Ionic capital.
n. (zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
n. (zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
n. (engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
n. (art) A spiral or scroll form.
n. (music) A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural…
adj. (engineering) Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.

n. A pattern of concentric circles.
n. (botany) A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a…
n. (zoology) A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
n. (archaic) A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle, compare 1460.
v. (intransitive) To form a pattern of concentric circles.

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