English Explanatory Dictionary

worldsheet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A two-dimensional manifold which describes the embedding of a string in spacetime, a direct generalization of the worldline of a particle in special and general relativity.

Word forms

worldsheet worldsheets

Etymology

From world + sheet.

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