spin foam

noun

A topological structure made out of two-dimensional faces that represents one of the configurations that must be summed to obtain a Feynman's path integral description of quantum gravity.

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Meanings

nounspin foam (countable and uncountable, plural spin foams)

plural spin foams

  1. countableuncountablenatural sciencesA topological structure made out of two-dimensional faces that represents one of the configurations that must be summed to obtain a Feynman's path integral description of quantum gravity.

Translations

French mousse de spin
  • mousse de spintopological structure
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