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Named after the physicist Paul Dirac, who conceived the idea.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 →
Named after the physicist Paul Dirac, who conceived the idea.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.