wormhole
noun
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If you associate wormhole with quantum physics and sci-fi, you'll probably be surprised to learn that the word has been around since William Shakespeare's day. To Shakespeare, a "wormhole" was simply a hole made by a worm, but even the Bard subtly linked wormholes to the passage of time; for example, in the poem The Rape of Lucrece, he notes time's destructive power "to fill with worm-holes stately monuments." To modern astrophysicists, a wormhole isn't a tunnel wrought by a slimy invertebrate, but a theoretical tunnel between two black holes or other points in space-time, providing a shortcut between its end points.
Examples of wormhole in a Sentence
Doug Melville, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Evil Unleashed The intrigue: The showcase at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds features six haunts, including an asylum, mansion and wormhole.
—Troy Smith, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
Step 2: Inspect the Tubers While cleaning the sweet potatoes, check for major signs of damage, such as wormholes, large cuts, lots of bruising, or mushy spots.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
After American astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) enters a wormhole, he accidentally becomes embroiled in an epic war between a motley crew aboard a living spaceship called Moya and a militaristic group chasing after them, ironically named the Peacekeepers.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Wormhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wormhole. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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