helium

[He·li*um]

The element helium is a colorless, odorless gas. Because helium is lighter than air, it's commonly used for filling balloons to make them float.

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A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.

Noun
a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)


n.
A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.


Helium

He"li*um , n. [NL., fr. Gr. the sun.] (Chem.) A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.

Helix

He"lix , n.; pl. L. Helices , E. Helixes . [L. helix, Gr. , , fr. to turn round; cf. L. volvere, and E. volute, voluble.] 1. (Geom.) A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane. 2. (Arch.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital. 3. (Anat.) The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear. 4. (Zo'94l.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species. &hand; The genus originally included nearly all shells, but is now greatly restricted. See Snail, Pulmonifera.

A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.

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If the human condition were the periodic table, maybe love would be hydrogen at No. 1. Death would be helium at No. 2. Power, I reckon, would be where oxygen is.

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