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COSMIC STRING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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