Usually means: Twisted, coiled structures in molecules.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word helices:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. helices: Merriam-Webster
  2. helices: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. helices: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. helices: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Helices, helices: Vocabulary.com
  6. helices: Wordnik
  7. helices: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. helices: Wiktionary
  9. helices: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. helices: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. helices: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. helices: Dictionary.com
  13. Helices: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Helices: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. Helices: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. helices: FreeDictionary.org
  17. helices: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. helices: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. helices: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. helices: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (helix)

noun:  (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
noun:  (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
noun:  (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
noun:  An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.
verb:  To form or cause to form a helix.
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