Etymology

Dirac string

Today it means: A hypothetical one-dimensional curve in space, stretching between two Dirac magnetic monopoles with opposite magnetic charges, or from one magnetic monopole out to infinity. Full definition →

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Named after the physicist Paul Dirac, who conceived the idea.

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