Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun double_helix

1 sense of double helix

Sense 1
double helix -- (a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis; "the shape of the DNA molecule is a double helix")
       => helix, spiral -- (a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle)