English Explanatory Dictionary

hemihelix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

a three-dimensional geometric shape similar to a helix, but with one or more perversions causing changes in chirality along its run

Word forms

hemihelix hemihelixes hemihelices

Etymology

From hemi- + helix.

Related words

helix hemi-

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