Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large spiral brass tuba that fits around the player's shoulder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A mountain in Bœotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A large
tuba whosecoils fit around the player'sshoulders .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
Universe Today 2008
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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.
Universe Today 2008
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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.
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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.
audiogearshopping badger 2006
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For military purposes, this and the contrabass -- the helicon -- are circular.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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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.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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I have been impressed with Mighty Mike's work with helicon focus so thought I'd give it a go.
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Home/Groups/ColdFusion Talk (CF-Talk) (ot) helicon isapi rewrite config
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Home/Groups/ColdFusion Talk (CF-Talk) (ot) helicon isapi rewrite config
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(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.
Chicago Reader 2010
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