brane

See also: Brane, bráně, and branë

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Etymology

Contracted form of membrane.

Pronunciation

• enPR: brān, IPA^(key): /bɹeɪn/

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• Homophone: brain
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

brane (plural branes)

1. (physics) A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified) spatial dimensions, with strings in string theory seen as one-dimensional examples.

Derived terms

• antibrane
• black brane
• braneless
• braneworld
• eigenbrane
• fivebrane
• fluxbrane
• multibrane
• p-brane

Translations

hypothetical object

Chinese: Mandarin: 膜 (zh) (mó) Finnish: braani French: brane (fr) f Italian: brana (it) f Portuguese: brana f Russian: бра́на (ru) f (brána) Spanish: brana f Swedish: bran (sv) n

References

• Burgess & Quevedo, "The Great Cosmic Roller-Coaster Ride", Scientific American, November 2007, pg. 57.

Anagrams

• Baren, baren, Abner, reban, Arneb, NBAer, Barne, Béarn, Beran, barne, Naber, benar

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbranɛ/, [ˈbranə]

Verb

brane

1. inflection of brany:
   1. nominative/accusative singular neuter
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

brane

1. alternative form of brayn

Etymology 2

Verb

brane

1. alternative form of braynen

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.nɛ/
• Rhymes: -anɛ
• Syllabification: bra‧ne

Participle

brane

1. inflection of brany:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brane (Cyrillic spelling бране)

1. inflection of brana:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural