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From Old Norse strengr, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-.

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strengur m (genitive singular strengs or strengjar, nominative plural strengir)

  1. a string
  2. (music) a string
  3. (countable, computing, programming) a string; (an ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity)
    Synonym: stafastrengur
  4. (geometry) chord

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