helix
To form or cause to form a helixTo form or cause to form a helix.
» DNA is known for its double helix shape.
Die DNS ist für ihre Doppelhelixgestalt bekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
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1 sensesTo form or cause to form a helix.
Examples
5 sentencesDNA is known for its double helix shape.
deDie DNS ist für ihre Doppelhelixgestalt bekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hedera helix is an ivy that can be grown indoors.
The double helix that encodes our genome is an elegant structure.
deDie Doppelhelix, die unseren Chromosomensatz kodiert, ist eine elegante Konstruktion. — L3581
Your admittedly impressive knowledge of helix geometry is of tertiary importance to our present goals.
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a double helix molecule which contains the genetic information of every living being.
Origin
From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted or spiral”).From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted or spiral”).
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Forms
helixes, helixing, helixed, helixedWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.