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helix::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | spiral |
| Type of | curved shape, curve |
| Has types | double helix |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | genus helix |
| Type of | mollusk genus |
Examples of helix
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A break on one side of DNA's ladder-like double helix is relatively easy to fix.
From the sciencedaily.com
It is so neatly woven into the double helix of our DNA that we hardly notice it.
From the stltoday.com
The story is built around two narrative strands, interwoven like a double helix.
From the guardian.co.uk
As the needle moved, the strain increased until the helix unwound a little more.
From the newscientist.com
Watson and Crick together discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953.
From the sciencedaily.com
Sos is known to interact with Ras via a structural motif called an alpha helix.
From the nature.com
The double helix didn't become world-famous until after the Nobel Prize, in 1962.
From the genotopia.scienceblog.com
The closure of the sutures advances the crus of the helix into the helical rim.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Suliban confine the crew to quarters and take Enterprise to a nearby helix.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
- Coil: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
- Type genus of the family Helicidae
- A helix (pl: helixes or helices) is a type of space curve, i.e. a smooth curve in three-dimensional space. It is characterised by the fact that the tangent line at any point makes a constant angle with a fixed line called the axis. ...
- Helix are a Canadian hard rock/heavy metal band. They formed in 1974, and are best known for their 1984 single "Rock You". ...
- Phelix is a high-speed stream cipher with a built-in single-pass message authentication code (MAC) functionality, submitted in 2004 to the eSTREAM contest by Doug Whiting, Bruce Schneier, Stefan Lucks, and Fru00E9du00E9ric Muller. The cipher uses only the operations of addition modulo 232, exclusive or, and rotation by a fixed number of bits...
- Helix was a short-lived, science fiction and science fantasy imprint of DC Comics, launched in 1996 and discontinued in 1998. (In early promotional materials prior to the release of the first title, the imprint was called Matrix instead of Helix. ...
- Helix is a pioneering database management system for the Apple Macintosh platform, created in 1983. Helix uses a graphical "programming language" to add logic to its applications, allowing non-programmers to construct sophisticated applications. ...
- The prominent rim of the auricula is called the helix. Where the helix turns downward behind, a small tubercle is frequently seen: the auricular tubercle of Darwin.
