string theory
noun
: a theory in physics: all elementary particles are manifestations of the vibrations of one-dimensional strings
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In other words, if string theory is correct, the Standard Model would be just one segment of string theory’s full mathematical description of reality.
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Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
In addition, knots have many applications, ranging from string theory in physics to DNA recombination in biology to chirality in chemistry.
—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
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Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
In addition, knots have many applications, ranging from string theory in physics to DNA recombination in biology to chirality in chemistry.
—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
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“String theory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20theory. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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