Worldsheet
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Worldsheet is a noun meaning (physics) A two-dimensional manifold which describes the embedding of a string in spacetime, a direct generalization of the worldline of a particle in special and general relativity.
Meaning
(physics) A two-dimensional manifold which describes the embedding of a string in spacetime, a direct generalization of the worldline of a particle in special and general relativity.
Word Forms
- worldsheets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brane, spacetime, superstring, warpfield, space-time, string.
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