The double helix that encodes our genome is an elegant structure.
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Helix
//ˈhiːlɪks//
Synonyms for "helix" (31 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
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2 entriesderived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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3 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
48 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἕλιξ noun (in architecture)
Arabic
1 entries- لَوْلَب noun (curve)
Armenian
1 entries- պարույր noun (curve)
Asturian
1 entries- héliz noun (curve)
Bulgarian
2 entries- охлюв noun (of the ear)
- спира́ла noun (curve)
Catalan
3 entries- hèlix noun (curve)
- hèlix noun (in architecture)
- hèlix noun (of the ear)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 螺旋 noun (curve)
Czech
1 entries- šroubovice noun (curve)
Danish
1 entries- skruelinje noun (curve)
Dutch
2 entries- helix noun (curve)
- schroeflijn noun (curve)
Esperanto
3 entries- helico noun (curve)
- helikso noun (curve)
- helikso noun (of the ear)
Finnish
4 entries- heliks noun (in architecture)
- heliks noun (of the ear)
- ruuvikierre noun (curve)
- ruuviviiva noun (curve)
French
1 entries- hélice noun (curve)
German
3 entries- Helix noun (curve)
- Spirale noun (curve)
- Wendel noun (curve)
Greek
2 entries- έλικα noun (in architecture)
- έλικα noun (of the ear)
Icelandic
2 entries- gormferill noun (curve)
- skrúflína noun (curve)
Italian
1 entries- elica noun (curve)
Japanese
1 entries- 螺旋 noun (curve)
Kazakh
1 entries- бұранда сызық noun (curve)
Māori
1 entries- maurea noun (curve)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- lûlpêç noun (curve)
Persian
1 entries- پیچه noun (curve)
Polish
1 entries- helisa noun (curve)
Portuguese
3 entries- hélice noun (curve)
- hélice noun (of the ear)
- hélix noun (of the ear)
Russian
3 entries- винтова́я ли́ния noun (curve)
- завито́к noun (of the ear)
- спира́ль noun (curve)
Spanish
1 entries- hélice noun (curve)
Swedish
1 entries- helix noun (curve)
Tagalog
2 entries- pilipit noun (curve)
- pilipit noun (in architecture)
Turkish
1 entries- sarmal noun (curve)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
DNA is known for its double helix shape.
Source: tatoeba (10522567)
Your admittedly impressive knowledge of helix geometry is of tertiary importance to our present goals.
Source: tatoeba (10587736)
Hedera helix is an ivy that can be grown indoors.
Source: tatoeba (10859548)
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