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- DictionaryString the·o·ry/striNG ˈTHiərē/
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- 1. a cosmological theory based on the existence of cosmic strings.
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Physical theory of quantized one-dimensional objects with conformal symmetry, which can describe gravitation, gauge theory and other phenomena
In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate through space and interact with each other. On distance scales larger than the string scale, a string looks just like an ordinary particle, with its mass, charge, and other properties d... Wikipedia