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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A two-dimensional manifold which describes the embedding of a string in spacetime, a direct generalization of the worldline of a particle in special and general relativity.

Etymology

From world + sheet.

Related phrases

general relativityspecial relativitytwo dimensional

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