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Word | Helix |
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle / type genus of the family Helicidae / 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. / an object having a three-dimensional shape like that of a wire wound uniformly in a single layer around a cylinder or cone, as in a corkscrew or spiral staircase., | |
Usage | ⇒ They found that DNA consists of two connected twisted strands in the shape of a helix . |
Synonyms | spiral, coil, corkscrew, volute, whorl, curl, twist, scroll, convolution, wind, curlicue, roll, screw, gyre, kink, ringlet, twirl, buckle, genus Helix, helices, |
Antonyms | uncoil, unfasten, unlock, unscrew, |
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