Word: helix

Category: helix

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Related words: helix

double helix, the helix, helix piercing, helix fossil, dna, dna helix, triple helix, double helix dna, forward helix, the double helix, lenovo helix, triple helix piercing, forward helix piercing, dome fossil, helix dome fossil, bissell

Synonyms: helix

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: helix

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spanish
Translations:
hélice
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german
Translations:
spirale, schraubenlinie
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french
Translations:
spirale, hélice
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italian
Translations:
elica
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portuguese
Translations:
altura, altitude, hélice
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dutch
Translations:
propeller, schroefdraad, schroef
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russian
Translations:
завиток, спираль
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finnish
Translations:
vyyhti, spiraali, ruuviviiva, ruuvikierre
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danish
Translations:
skrue
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czech
Translations:
šroubovice
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polish
Translations:
helisa, ślimak, ślimacznica
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hungarian
Translations:
csavarvonal, spirálvonal
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turkish
Translations:
helis
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ukrainian
Translations:
завиток, спіраль
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estonian
Translations:
kruvijoon, vedruspiraal
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lithuanian
Translations:
spiralė
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latvian
Translations:
spirāle, svārstības
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romanian
Translations:
spirală
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slovenian
Translations:
spirála

The meaning and "use of": helix

noun
  • an object having a three-dimensional shape like that of a wire wound uniformly in a single layer around a cylinder or cone, as in a corkscrew or spiral staircase. - They found that DNA consists of two connected twisted strands in the shape of a helix .

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