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string theory

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
string the-o-ry
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time.

Countable; Uncountable

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Inflected Forms

string theories (plural)

Phrases

superstring theory

Questions

What does string theory mean?
A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time.

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