Dictionary Definition
helicon n : a tuba that coils over the shoulder
of the musician [syn: bombardon]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Helicon
English
Extensive Definition
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 Records, Israeli music label
- Helicon (musical instrument), brass musical instrument
- Mount Helicon, mountain in Boeotia, Greece
- songs by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai:
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)
helicon in German: Helikon
helicon in French: Hélicon
helicon in Hebrew: הליקון
helicon in Hungarian: Helikon
helicon in Dutch: Helicon
helicon in Russian: Геликон (значения)
helicon in Swedish: Helikon