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STRING THEORY

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• STRING THEORY (noun)
The noun STRING THEORY has 1 sense:

1. (cosmology) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings

Familiarity information: STRING THEORY used as a noun is very rare.

• STRING THEORY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(cosmology) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("string theory" is a kind of...):

framework; model; theoretical account (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process)

Domain category:

cosmogeny; cosmogony; cosmology (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)

Holonyms ("string theory" is a part of...):

M-theory ((cosmology) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong)

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