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noun
a hypothetical object consisting of a very small one-dimensional string that vibrates in ten (or more) dimensions
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
The string (sequence of text characters) that contains a substring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: particle, subatomic particle
History
From super- + string. In physics sense: Back-formation from superstring theory, which is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theory.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
