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COSMIC STRING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cosmic string mean? 

COSMIC STRING (noun)
  The noun COSMIC STRING has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


COSMIC STRING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

cosmic string; string

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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