HELIX


Meaning of HELIX in English

[noun] [C] [plural] helices [specialized] - a curve that goes around a central tube or cone shape in the form of a spiralA corkscrew is in the shape of a helix.In 1953 Watson and Crick discovered that DNA is in the form of a double helix.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.