English Explanatory Dictionary

Dirac string

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical one-dimensional curve in space, stretching between two Dirac magnetic monopoles with opposite magnetic charges, or from one magnetic monopole out to infinity.

Word forms

Dirac string Dirac strings

Etymology

Named after the physicist Paul Dirac, who conceived the idea.

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