wormhole
/ˈwɝmˌhoʊl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.
noun
A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "To fill with worme-holes stately monuments."
- "But he had no sooner got through the worm-hole, than the lad put a small peg in the hole."
- "[…]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"."
- "Wormhole distortion has overloaded main power systems!"
- "I think the wormhole that we used to travel here passed directly through this planet's sun."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɝmˌhoʊl/