Dirac string

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounDirac string (plural Dirac strings)

plural Dirac strings

  1. natural sciencesA hypothetical one-dimensional curve in space, stretching between two Dirac magnetic monopoles with opposite magnetic charges, or from one magnetic monopole out to infinity.

Origin

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

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