cosmic string

Noun
  1. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop (synset 109472431)
    referred to in: cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology - the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
    is a type of: elementary particle, fundamental particle - (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
    same as: string

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