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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
double helix
noun
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▪ Cobras are constantly depicted entwined in a double helix.
▪ Each then acts as a template to which other simpler molecules become attached until each has once more become a double helix.
▪ If the ends of such non-dividing clone are held while it grows, then unexpectedly a double helix appears.
▪ In the formation of the double helix, a total of 12 rotors are restricted per base pair stack.
▪ The entwined serpents forming a double helix gave birth to the Caduceus.
▪ These conformations influence the position of the phosphate group with respect to the grooves of the double helix.
▪ Thus each double helix becomes two double helices, with the two new doublets remaining joined at the centromere.
Wiktionary
double helix

n. A metonym for DNA.

WordNet
double helix

n. a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis; "the structure of the DNA molecule is a double helix"

Wikipedia
Double Helix (The Outer Limits)

"Double Helix" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 28 March 1997, during the third season.

Double helix (disambiguation)

In geometry, a double helix (plural double helices) is a pair of congruent geometrical helices with the same axis, differing by a translation along the axis.

The term is most often used in reference to the nucleic acid double helix, the dominant structure of nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA.

Double helix may also refer to:

Double Helix (novel)

Double Helix (2005), a novel by Nancy Werlin, is about 18-year-old Eli Samuels, who works for a famous molecular biologist named Dr. Quincy Wyatt. There is a mysterious connection between Dr. Wyatt and Eli’s parents, and all Eli knows about the connection is that it has something to do with his mother, who has Huntington's disease. Because of the connection between Dr. Wyatt and the Samuels family, Eli's father is strongly against Eli working there. The job is perfect, and the wages are great, but Eli can't help but notice that Dr. Wyatt seems to be a little too interested in him. Later on, as Eli continues to work in the lab, he discovers with the help of Kayla Matheson, Dr. Wyatt's supposed "niece," that he and Kayla are the product of a highly unethical eugenics experiment.

Double Helix (music composition)

Double Helix is an original music composition written for 17 piece jazz orchestra in 1991. The recording of Double Helix also goes by the title Twice is Nice (as a sound file) when distributed worldwide as production music. The work has been used and heard around the world for music, media, and entertainment broadcasts in the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, Romania, France, Norway, Finland, Hong Kong, and Japan as feature, interlude, and background music. Specific television shows the work has been used for include The Jenny Jones Show, F.Y.E., E! Entertainment shows (2), Access Hollywood, JBVO: Your All Request Cartoon Show, American Restoration, Deal or No Deal (UK), and Extra.

Usage examples of "double helix".

He knew that he had almost no time before the Double Helix was unleashed.

The spin arms and life pods wove their complex double helix against the flood of false colors and four-dimensional pulsations which had replaced the stars.

Just as the study of the faint astronomical objects known as galaxies led us in Chapter 4 to the age of the universe, the study of the curious double helix within our own cells may lead to the understanding of aging, and its ultimate reversal.

Johann looked up at the top of his dream screen and saw a double helix of sparkling particles shining just underneath the station lights.

You breed two close kins with the double dose of double helix, and wham, you've got a Taltos.

The double helix of light and water that flowed upward from the floor of the room to the top of the building twined and curled with unending precision.