su|per|string theory

su|per|string theory
su|per|string theory «SOO puhr STRIHNG»,
Physics. any theory based on supersymmetry in which the basic units of matter are strings (one-dimensional curves): »

We presented a superstring theory containing both open and closed strings…free from anomalies and infinities (John H. Schwarz).


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