Helicon

Word HELICON
Character 7
Hyphenation hel i con
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Helicon"

What do we mean by helicon?

A large spiral brass tuba that fits around the player's shoulder. noun

In music: An ancient acoustical instrument, consisting of several strings so disposed upon a resonancebox that their lengths could be geometrically adjusted, and thus various musical intervals demonstrated. noun

A recently invented brass windinstrument, used in bands. noun

A mountain in Bœotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses. proper noun

A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders. noun

A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician noun

A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.

A low-frequency electromagnetic wave observed in various plasmas.

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The word "helicon" in example sentences

And another advantage is that because we use a second concept called helicon plasma, it's a very efficient way of transferring electricity into the charged particles in the plasma. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Speaking of which, Google Fast Flip aggregate made me aware today of Popular Mechanics which I don't read article on a similar helicon design from MIT, which is tested in drift condition. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A friend of mine came over Sunday afternoon for us to explore a new music project idea together: he's a talented tuba, sousaphone, and helicon player, and we worked together a few years ago as part of an eight-piece electronics orchestra. ❋ Badger (2006)

For military purposes, this and the contrabass -- the helicon -- are circular. ❋ Various (N/A)

The tube is bent round upon itself from the mouthpiece to the bell in the shape of a broad C and is strengthened by means of a bar across the curve, which the performer grasps while playing, in order to steady the instrument; the bell curves over his head or shoulder as in the modern helicon. ❋ Various (N/A)

(Piranha) three flugelhorns, sax, helicon tuba, and four tenor horns (an instrument that looks a bit like the French horn and is a standby of European military bands) blitz through tricky contrapuntal arrangements over hard-driving percussion played on a couple kinds of drums. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I have been impressed with Mighty Mike's work with helicon focus so thought I'd give it a go. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Home/Groups/ColdFusion Talk (CF-Talk) (ot) helicon isapi rewrite config ❋ Unknown (2010)

Spending has been so prolific during the first 90 days of Obama's watch as to make one long for those helicon days when deficits were a mere half trillion dollars! ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Jeanie]: I do have a real interest in the Civil War and this band was one of the only places I could play my helicon, a forerunner to the modern sousaphone. ❋ Andrew Dowdall (2009)

The VASIMR "helicon first stage" - which generates the plasma for acceleration by the rest of the drive - has achieved its full rated power of 30 kilowatts using Argon propellant, according to the company. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This paves the way for further trials in which in which the ion-cyclotron second stage will get to strut its stuff, boosting the helicon plasma stream to the target power of 200 kW. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[17] the more I write the more I have to write — I have a helicon-kind of dropsy upon me & xxxx — crescit indulgens sibi. ❋ Unknown (1796)

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