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double helix

double helix noun: DNA.

double helix: dNA
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Noun

double helix (plural double helixes or double helices)

  1. (metonymically) DNA.
    • If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn't have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday.2007 January, “WHAT I'VE LEARNED: James Watson”, in Esquire, volume 147, number 1, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2007

double helix meaning in Tamil

double helix in Tamil

இரட்டைத் திருகு, இரட்டை வடம், இரட்டைச் சுருளி

Forms of double helix

pluraldouble helixes
pluraldouble helices

Questions about double helix

What does double helix mean?
Double helix means DNA.
What is double helix in Tamil?
Double helix in Tamil is இரட்டைத் திருகு, இரட்டை வடம், இரட்டைச் சுருளி. See Double helix meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is double helix?
Double helix is a noun.
What is the plural of double helix?
The plural of double helix is double helixes.

Words near double helix in the dictionary

  1. double hater
  2. double haters
  3. double header
  4. double hearsay
  5. double helices
  6. double helix
  7. double helixes
  8. double helping
  9. double helpings
  10. double hemiplegia
  11. double hemiplegias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double helix (page history and authors); double helix (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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