superstring

Etymology

super- + string. In physics sense: Back-formation from superstring theory, which is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theory.

noun

  1. (physics) a hypothetical object consisting of a very small one-dimensional string that vibrates in ten (or more) dimensions
  2. (computing) The string (sequence of text characters) that contains a substring.
    Given the superstring "cathode", we can extract the substrings "cat", "hod", and "ode".

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