string theory
noun
: a theory in physics: all elementary particles are manifestations of the vibrations of one-dimensional strings
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Understanding Einstein's space-time revolution — What are gravitational waves?
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 May 2025
This is where the Calabi-Yau geometric structures, normally associated with string theory, come in.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
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.
—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
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 May 2025
This is where the Calabi-Yau geometric structures, normally associated with string theory, come in.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
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.
—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
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“String theory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/string%20theory. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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