string theory

English

Noun

string theory (countable and uncountable, plural string theories)

1. (physics) A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time.

   String theory denies the existence of a hypothetical eleventh dimension.

Derived terms

• superstring theory

Translations

candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles

• Afrikaans: snaarteorie
• Arabic: نَظَرِيَّة الأَوْتَار f (naẓariyya(t) al-ʔawtār)
• Armenian: լարերի տեսություն (lareri tesutʿyun)
• Asturian: teoría de cuerdes f
• Azerbaijani: sim nəzəriyyəsi
• Basque: korden teoria
• Belarusian: тэорыя струн f (teóryja strun)
• Bengali: স্ট্রিং তত্ত্ব (sṭriṅ totto)
• Catalan: teoria de cordes f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弦理論／弦理论 (zh) (xiánlǐlùn)

• Czech: teorie strun f
• Danish: strengteori
• Dutch: snaartheorie (nl) f
• Esperanto: kordoteorio
• Estonian: stringiteooria f
• Finnish: säieteoria
• French: théorie des cordes (fr) f
• Galician: teoría das cordas f
• Georgian: სიმების თეორია (simebis teoria)
• German: Stringtheorie (de) f, Superstringtheorie (de) f
• Greek: θεωρία χορδών f (theoría chordón)
• Hebrew: תורת המיתרים (he)
• Hindi: स्ट्रिंग सिद्धांत (sṭriṅg siddhānt)
• Hungarian: húrelmélet (hu)
• Indonesian: teori dawai
• Interlingua: theoria de chordas
• Irish: teoiric na dteaghrán f
• Italian: teoria delle stringhe f
• Japanese: 弦理論 (gen riron), ひも理論 (himo riron)
• Kazakh: струна теориясы (struna teoriäsy)
• Korean: 끈 이론 (kkeun iron)
• Lithuanian: stygų teorija f
• Mongolian: утасны онол (mn) (utasny onol)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: strengteori

  Nynorsk: strengeteori

• Persian: نظریه ریسمان (fa)
• Polish: teoria strun (pl) f
• Portuguese: teoria das cordas f
• Punjabi: ਸਟਰਿੰਗ ਥਿਊਰੀ (saṭriṅg thiūrī)
• Russian: тео́рия струн (ru) f (teórija strun)
• Serbo-Croatian: teorija struna f, теорија струна f
• Slovak: teória strún f
• Spanish: teoría de cuerdas f
• Swedish: strängteori
• Thai: ทฤษฎีสตริง
• Turkish: sicim teorisi
• Ukrainian: теорія струн f (teorija strun)
• Urdu: سٹرنگ تھیوری

References

• Burgess & Quevedo, "The Great Cosmic Roller-Coaster Ride", Scientific American, November 2007, pg. 57.