string theory
noun
: a theory in physics: all elementary particles are manifestations of the vibrations of one-dimensional strings
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In addition, knots have many applications, ranging from string theory in physics to DNA recombination in biology to chirality in chemistry.
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John Etnyre, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
Others around the world have also joined the effort, including Edward Witten of IAS, a figure who has towered over quantum gravity and string theory for decades but who tends to avoid the Wild West of quantum cosmology.
—Edgar Shaghoulian, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
But a branch of physics called string theory suggests that the universe has many more dimensions than four.
—John Etnyre, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
But another idea called string theory also proposes a series of particles with the same mathematical structure as the original axion; these particles have come to be called axionlike.
—Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2022
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John Etnyre, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
Others around the world have also joined the effort, including Edward Witten of IAS, a figure who has towered over quantum gravity and string theory for decades but who tends to avoid the Wild West of quantum cosmology.
—Edgar Shaghoulian, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
But a branch of physics called string theory suggests that the universe has many more dimensions than four.
—John Etnyre, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
But another idea called string theory also proposes a series of particles with the same mathematical structure as the original axion; these particles have come to be called axionlike.
—Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2022
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“String theory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20theory. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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