English Explanatory Dictionary

superstring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a hypothetical object consisting of a very small one-dimensional string that vibrates in ten (or more) dimensions
  2. The string (sequence of text characters) that contains a substring.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superstring.wav

Word forms

superstring superstrings

Etymology

From super- + string. In physics sense: Back-formation from superstring theory, which is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theory.

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