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supercoil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-coil
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.

verb

To twist circular DNA into a supercoil.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English coil English supercoil From super- + coil.

Inflected Forms

supercoils (plural) supercoils (present, singular) supercoiling (participle, present) supercoiled (participle, past) supercoiled (past)

Frequently Paired Words

supercoiling topoisomerase

Questions

What does supercoil mean?
A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.
Where does supercoil come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English coil English supercoil From super- + coil.

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