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synonyms for helix
- curve
- flourish
- convolution
- zigzag
- arc
- bend
- braid
- twine
- spiral
- roll
- swivel
- jerk
- undulation
- ply
- warp
- coil
- plug
- pull
- turn
- wrench
- meander
- wind
- yank
- torsion
- curlicue
- hank
- braid
- tendril
- twine
- convolution
- lap
- ring
- twirl
- spiral
- scroll
- twist
- turn
- bight
- gyration
- whorl
- wind
- circle
- roll
- loop
- involution
- corkscrew
- curlicue
- undulation
- complexity
- contortion
- twist
- intricacy
- winding
- gyration
- swirl
- coil
- serpentine
- tortuousness
- involution
- sinuousness
- sinuosity
- curlicue
- coiling
- snaking
- trajectory
- arc
- arch
- contour
- loop
- swerve
- sweep
- hairpin
- crook
- bend
- whorl
- ambit
- concavity
- circle
- quirk
- curvature
- festoon
- bight
- compass
- circumference
- bow
- turn
- circuit
- vault
- round
- chord
- horseshoe
- ellipse
- hyperbola
- ogee
- flexure
- curlicue
- parabola
- meniscus
- camber
- half-moon
- catenary
- incurvature
- incurvation
- sinuosity
- curvation
- rondure
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One of the last century’s most dramatic discoveries came in 1953, when James Watson and Francis Crick, aided by an X-ray image produced by Rosalind Franklin, figured out the double helix structure of the genetic molecule DNA.
THE TOP 10 SCIENTIFIC SURPRISES OF SCIENCE NEWS’ FIRST 100 YEARSTOM SIEGFRIEDSEPTEMBER 20, 2021SCIENCE NEWSScouring the human genome today, it’s clear we have viral DNA and other genetic elements embedded inside our own double helices.
SURPRISE! OUR BODIES HAVE BEEN HIDING A TROJAN HORSE FOR GENE THERAPYSHELLY FANAUGUST 24, 2021SINGULARITY HUB Based on enormously complicated biophysics—much of which remains mysterious—the string folds into delicate shapes, such as sheets of twisting and turning strands, or helices that wrap around each other.
DEEPMIND’S ALPHAFOLD IS CLOSE TO SOLVING ONE OF BIOLOGY’S GREATEST CHALLENGESSHELLY FANDECEMBER 15, 2020SINGULARITY HUB The largest is Helix pomatia (figured on pp. 11 and 12), which often goes by the name of “the edible snail.”
OUR BRITISH SNAILSJOHN WILLIAM HORSLEYIn 1878 he removed to Umatilla county, Oregon, where he took up a homestead and a timber culture near Helix.
LYMAN'S HISTORY OF OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY, VOL. 2 (OF 2)WILLIAM DENISON LYMANHe went carelessly too near the still revolving machinery, and his coat-flap was caught and wound into the helix of the pugmill.
SOMEHOW GOODWILLIAM DE MORGANThere are to be found in this bed of marl several species of helix and voluta.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFTIf the latter is in the form of a helix its magnetic field resembles that of a straight bar magnet.
PHYSICSWILLIS EUGENE TOWERIn fact the helix has the properties of a magnet with north- and south-seeking poles while a current is flowing through it.
PHYSICSWILLIS EUGENE TOWERThe direction of the current in a helix (Fig. 232) or the polarity of its core may be determined by another right-hand rule.
PHYSICSWILLIS EUGENE TOWERWORDS RELATED TO HELIX
- ambit
- arc
- arch
- bend
- bight
- bow
- camber
- catenary
- chord
- circle
- circuit
- circumference
- compass
- concavity
- contour
- crook
- curlicue
- curvation
- curvature
- ellipse
- festoon
- flexure
- hairpin
- half-moon
- helix
- horseshoe
- hyperbola
- incurvation
- incurvature
- loop
- meniscus
- ogee
- parabola
- quirk
- rondure
- round
- sinuosity
- sweep
- swerve
- trajectory
- turn
- vault
- whorl
- ambits
- arches
- arcs
- bends
- bights
- bows
- cambers
- catenaries
- chords
- circles
- circuits
- circumferences
- compasses
- concavities
- contours
- crooks
- curlicues
- curvations
- curvatures
- ellipses
- festoons
- flexures
- hairpins
- half-moons
- helices
- horseshoes
- hyperbolas
- incurvations
- incurvatures
- loops
- meniscuses
- ogees
- parabolas
- quirks
- rondures
- rounds
- sinuosities
- sweeps
- swerves
- trajectories
- turns
- vaults
- whorls
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