1. (n.) A wanderer with no fixed dwelling, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp. 1  2. (a.) Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering. 2  3. (a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro. 3  4. (a.) Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious. 5. (v. i.) To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll. Vagabond Jews (perierchomai; the Revised Version (British and American) strolling Jews) were persons who traveled about as professional exorcists (Acts 19:13).
A helix (pl: helixes or helices) is a type of smooth space curve, i.e. a curve in three-dimensional space. It has the property that the tangent line at any point makes a constant angle with a fixed line called the axis.
double helix. The three-dimensional structure of double-stranded DNA, in which polymeric nucleotide strands whose complementary nitrogen bases are linked by hydrogen bonds form a helical configuration. The two DNA strands are oriented in opposite directions. double helix in Culture.