"superhelix" meaning in All languages combined

See superhelix on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: superhelices [plural], superhelixes [plural]
Etymology: super- + helix Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|helix}} super- + helix Head templates: {{en-noun|superhelices|+}} superhelix (plural superhelices or superhelixes)
  1. (molecular biology) The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix Categories (topical): Curves, Molecular biology Derived forms: superhelical, superhelically, superhelicity

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for superhelix meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "super",
        "3": "helix"
      },
      "expansion": "super- + helix",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "super- + helix",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "superhelices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superhelixes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superhelices",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "superhelix (plural superhelices or superhelixes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with super-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Curves",
          "orig": "en:Curves",
          "parents": [
            "Shapes",
            "Geometry",
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Molecular biology",
          "orig": "en:Molecular biology",
          "parents": [
            "Biochemistry",
            "Biology",
            "Genetics",
            "Chemistry",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "superhelical"
        },
        {
          "word": "superhelically"
        },
        {
          "word": "superhelicity"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix"
      ],
      "id": "en-superhelix-en-noun-mSeTFLfR",
      "links": [
        [
          "molecular biology",
          "molecular biology"
        ],
        [
          "helix",
          "helix"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "molecular biology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(molecular biology) The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "superhelix"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "superhelical"
    },
    {
      "word": "superhelically"
    },
    {
      "word": "superhelicity"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "super",
        "3": "helix"
      },
      "expansion": "super- + helix",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "super- + helix",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "superhelices",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "superhelixes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "superhelices",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "superhelix (plural superhelices or superhelixes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms prefixed with super-",
        "en:Curves",
        "en:Molecular biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "molecular biology",
          "molecular biology"
        ],
        [
          "helix",
          "helix"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "molecular biology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(molecular biology) The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "superhelix"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.