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Webster 1913 Edition
Wormhole
Worm′holeˊ
,Noun.
A burrow made by a worm.
Definition 2024
wormhole
wormhole
English
Alternative forms
- worm-hole
- worme-hole (obsolete)
Noun
wormhole (plural wormholes)
- a hole burrowed by a worm
- 1593, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece
- To fill with worme-holes stately monuments.
- 1593, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece
- (physics) A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.
Synonyms
- (a spacetime construct): Einstein-Rosen bridge
Related terms
- (a spacetime construct): black hole, white hole
Translations
a hole burrowed by a worm
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a shortcut between distant parts of space
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