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DOUBLE HELIX

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Dictionary entry overview: What does double helix mean?

• DOUBLE HELIX (noun)
The noun DOUBLE HELIX has 1 sense:

1. a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis

Familiarity information: DOUBLE HELIX used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DOUBLE HELIX (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Context example:

the shape of the DNA molecule is a double helix

Hypernyms ("double helix" is a kind of...):

helix; spiral (a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle)

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