COSMIC STRING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

Synonyms:

cosmic string; string

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

elementary particle; fundamental particle ((physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter)

Domain category:

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

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