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cosmic string

Any of numerous very long and thin alterations or topological defects in space hypothesized to have resulted from the Big Bang and to have made possible the conglomeration of mass into structures such as galaxies and the unequal distribution of mass in the universe.

cosmic string

(Physics / General Physics) a one-dimensional defect in space-time postulated in certain theories of cosmology to exist in the universe as a consequence of the big bang

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cosmic string - (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

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cosmogeny, cosmogony, cosmology - the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

elementary particle, fundamental particle - (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter

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