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interhelical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-he-li-cal
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Between helices, especially between the helices of polypeptides or nucleic acids.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English helical English interhelical From inter- + helical.

Questions

What does interhelical mean?
Between helices, especially between the helices of polypeptides or nucleic acids.
Where does interhelical come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English helical English interhelical From inter- + helical.

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