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cosmic string [′käz·mik ′striŋ]

(astronomy)

A hypothetical relic of the early universe, postulated to have a diameter of the order of 10^-35meter and a linear density of the order of 4 × 10²²kilograms per meter, and to be either infinitely long or in the form of a closed curve.

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