wormhole

Meanings

1. A hole burrowed by a worm.
2. A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.
3. A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.

1. To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels.

Etymology

First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.