Helicon

Helicon

Helicon may refer to:
*Helicon (crater), lunar impact crater
*Helicon (physics), low frequency electromagnetic waves
*Helicon (planet), fictional planet in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
*Helicon thruster, type of ion propulsion engine
*Helicon Filter, raster graphics editor
*Helicon Home Colony, a short-lived communal living experiment in New Jersey formed by Upton Sinclair
*Helicon Records, Israeli music label
*Helicon (musical instrument), brass musical instrument
*Mount Helicon, mountain in Boeotia, Greece
*songs by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai:
**"Helicon 1"
**"Helicon 2"

Spelling Helikon may refer to:
*Helikon Castle Museum, in Festetics Palace, Keszthely, Zala county, Hungary
*"Helikon", 1893 mansion in Strathfield, New South Wales designed by Charles Slayter
*Helikon Park in Randfontein Local Municipality, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
*"Helikon", 1952 piano concerto by Mikis Theodorakis
*Helikon vortex separation process, aerodynamic uranium enrichment process designed around a device called a vortex tube

Heliconian may refer to
*Heliconiinae, subfamily of butterflies commonly called "heliconians" or "longwings"
*pertaining to:
**Helicon (see above)
**Heliconia (disambiguation)


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  • helicon — HELICÓN, helicoane, s.n. Instrument muzical de suflat din alamă, asemănător cu tuba, folosit în fanfarele militare, alcătuit dintr un tub încovoiat în formă de spirală, prin care trec capul şi mâna dreaptă a instrumentistului şi cu care sunt… …   Dicționar Român

  • hélicon — [ elikɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1902; gr. helikos « sinueux » ♦ Mus. Tuba contrebasse que sa forme circulaire permet de porter autour du corps en le faisant reposer sur une épaule. ⇒ saxhorn. ● hélicon nom masculin (grec helikos, sinueux) Tuba contrebasse qui …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Helicon — Hélicon Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Ce nom peut désigner : le mont Hélicon, une montagne de Béotie où étaient censées résider les Muses dans la mythologie grecque ; l… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Helicon — Hel i*con (h[e^]l [i^]*k[o^]n), prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. Elikw n.] A mountain in B[oe]otia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses. [1913 Webster] From Helicon s harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Helicon — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Heavy Metal Gründung 1988 Auflösung 1997 Website …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Helicon — HELĬCON, ónis, Gr. Ἑλικὼν, ῶνος, ein Berg in Böotien, der den Musen geheiliget war, seinen Namen von dem phönicischen hhalikon, hoch, hat, Cleric. ad Hesiod. Theog. v. Ι. und sonstnur für die eine Höhe des Parnasses gehalten wird, wovon die… …   Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon

  • Helicon — 1520s, from Gk. Helikon, mountain in Boeotia, sacred to the Muses, in which arose the fountains of Aganippe and Hippocrene. Lit. the tortuous mountain, from helix (gen. helikos) spiral (see HELIX (Cf. helix)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • helicón — sustantivo masculino 1. Área: música Instrumento musical de viento y pistones, de forma circular grande para que el músico pase su cuerpo por el centro …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Helicon — [hel′i kän΄, hel′ikən] mountain group in SC Greece, on the Gulf of Corinth: in Greek mythology, the home of the Muses; highest peak, 5,735 ft (1,748 m) …   English World dictionary

  • helicon — [hel′i kän΄, hel′ikən] n. [prob. < HELICO + arbitrary ending: from the shape] a brass instrument of the tuba family, consisting of a long, coiled tube that can be carried over the shoulder: see SOUSAPHONE …   English World dictionary

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