brane
noun/bɹeɪn/
Etymology Contracted form of membrane.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, 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