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helices

American  
[hel-uh-seez] / ˈhɛl əˌsiz /

noun

  1. a plural of helix.


helices British  
/ ˈhɛlɪˌsiːz /

noun

  1. a plural of helix

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This is because the layers of helices stuck together are too big to be the building blocks of nanofibers.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

“But I think the most surprising observation was that the proteins were embedded among the RNA helices, penetrating into the interior of the ribosome like tentacles.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2018

For one thing, it draws a brilliant, eclectic crowd: I met a linguist turned classical musician, a minimalist sculptor fascinated by helices and a Jungian writer at work on a dystopian novel.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2018

Lehn cited an example of two kinds of molecules, one of which forms double helices and the other forms triple helices.

From Scientific American • Jul. 3, 2013

From the car window, Lourdes saw the island’s wounded landscapes, its helices of palms.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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