Dirac string

noun

Dirac string

noun

Etymology Named after the physicist Paul Dirac, who conceived the idea.

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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, 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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