Superstring

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a hypothetical object consisting of a very small one-dimensional string that vibrates in ten (or more) dimensions
  2. 2
    a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time wordnet
  3. 3
    The string (sequence of text characters) that contains a substring.

    "Given the superstring "cathode", we can extract the substrings "cat", "hod", and "ode"."

Example

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"Given the superstring "cathode", we can extract the substrings "cat", "hod", and "ode"."

Etymology

From super- + string. In physics sense: Back-formation from superstring theory, which is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theory.

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