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Wormhole

//ˈwɝmˌhoʊl// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hole burrowed by a worm.

    "To fill with worme-holes stately monuments."

  2. 2
    hole made by a burrowing worm wordnet
  3. 3
    A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.

    "[…]where there is a net flux of lines of force, through what topologists would call "a handle" of the multiply-connected space, and what physicists might perhaps be excused for more vividly terming a "wormhole"."

  4. 4
    A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality. slang
Verb
  1. 1
    To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.

Etymology 2

First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.

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