English Explanatory Dictionary

string theory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

string theory string theories

Derived words

superstring theory
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