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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Hypothetical astronomical objects, Large-scale structure of the cosmos, String theory
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string  cosmic string  closed string  cosmic strings  Cosmic superstring
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(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop WordNet 3.0
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physics
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(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In physics, a string is a physical entity postulated in string theory and related subjects. Wikipedia
Cosmic strings are hypothetical 1-dimensional topological defects which may have formed during a symmetry-breaking phase transition in the early universe when the topology of the vacuum manifold associated to this symmetry breaking was not simply connected. Wikipedia
One of the main objects of study in string theory Wikipedia Disambiguation
A hypothetical 1-dimensional topological defect in various fields Wikipedia Disambiguation
Hypothetical physical entity Wikidata
Speculative feature of the early universe Wikidata
A cosmically-scaled string of mass-energy left over from the big bang as a topological defect in spacetime. Wiktionary
Cosmically-scaled string of mass-energy left over from the big band as a topological defect in spacetime. Wiktionary (translation)
The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics. Wiktionary
IS A
elementary particle
anomaly
PART OF
string theory
HAS KIND
vorton
CATEGORY DOMAIN
cosmology
FACET OF
universe
STUDIED BY
superstring theory
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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string, cosmic string
Wikipedia
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cosmic string, string (physics)
Wikidata
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cosmic string, string
Wiktionary
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cosmic string, string
Wikipedia Redirections
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closed string, Cosmic String, cosmic strings, Cosmic superstring, Cosmic thread, cosmological string, open string (physics), Oriented string, quantum string, unoriented string

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