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WLC

WLC is the initialism of worm-like chain.

Meaning of worm-like chain

Noun

worm-like chain (plural worm-like chains)

  1. A model describing stiff, flexible polymers (like DNA), treating them as a continuous, elastic rod that resists bending but can curve smoothly.
    Synonyms:
    WLC

Forms of WLC

pluralWLCs

Questions about WLC

What is WLC the initialism of?
WLC is the initialism of worm-like chain.

Words near WLC in the dictionary

  1. WLAF
  2. WLAN
  3. WLANs
  4. WLB
  5. WLBs
  6. WLC
  7. wld
  8. wldr.
  9. wldrs.
  10. WLED
  11. WLEDs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: WLC (page history and authors); worm-like chain (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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