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Dirac string
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Etymology
Named after the physicist Paul Dirac, who conceived the idea.
Noun
Dirac string (plural Dirac strings)
- (physics) 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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