helix
IPA: hˈiɫɪks
noun
- (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
- (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
- (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
- An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.
verb
- To form or cause to form a helix.
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Examples of "helix" in Sentences
- It is the complement of the base helix angle.
- The name refers to the helix shaped larval cases.
- The flow pattern generated in the fluid resembles helix.
- The excitation temperature varies across the Helix nebula.
- At the top of the lift, the train enters a downwards double helix.
- Correspondingly, the stripe also twists about the axis of the helix.
- The DNA double helix is unwound by the helicase activity of the enzyme.
- Correspondingly, the stripe will also twist about the axis of the helix.
- Naturally, the helix angle is the geometric complement of the lead angle.
- The double helix was the product of thousands of hours of collaborative work.
- At these locations the DNA-helix is severed: the pages of the book are separated.
- I prefer a Quad helix, which is kind of spring loaded and the parent doesn't have to do anything.
- Each twist of the helix is a mere 70 billionths of a meter in length and approximately 10 in diameter.
- A helix is a three-dimensional spiral, like the shape of a spring or the railing on a spiral staircase.
- – 'Zippers' are conceptually at work in the DNA double helix, which is "unzipped" for replication and transcription
- The double helix is then untwisted and forms two single strands which can be duplicated with the help of the enzyme DNA polymerase.
- A third subunit, H, without active groups and located on the membrane inner surface, is anchored to the membrane by a protein helix.
- In that case the far end of the helix was the Ice Age, and we are now moving towards the center of the helix in which case everything warms up.
- Even the double helix is a sort of spell-checker, for editorial enzymes can compare one DNA base with its opposite and undamaged number to check that it fits.
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