helix
Example Sentences
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Electric current flowed more easily in one direction, and the effect could be reversed by changing the magnetization or switching the handedness of the helix.
From Science Daily
The authors have structured the work as a triple helix, and some of the most powerful moments occur when all three incarnations of the characters are on stage at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times
Watson shared the Nobel in 1962 with Maurice Wilkins and Francis Crick for the DNA's double helix structure discovery.
From BBC
One of the most dangerous forms of damage is a double-strand break, which happens when both strands of the DNA helix are cut at the same time.
From Science Daily
Form and content, the visual and the physical, create art’s spellbinding double helix.
From Los Angeles Times
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