SUPERCOIL


Meaning of SUPERCOIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌkȯi(-ə)l ]

noun

Date: 1965

: a double helix (as of DNA) that has undergone additional twisting in the same or in the opposite direction as the turns in the original helix

• supercoil verb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.