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wormhole

noun

  1. hypothetical topological feature of spacetime
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɝmˌhoʊl/

noun

Etymology: First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.

  1. A hole burrowed by a worm.

    To fill with worme-holes stately monuments.

    But he had no sooner got through the worm-hole, than the lad put a small peg in the hole.

  2. A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.

    […]where there is a net flux of lines of force, through what topologists would call "a handle" of the multiply-connected space, and what physicists might perhaps be excused for more vividly terming a "wormhole".

    Wormhole distortion has overloaded main power systems!

  3. A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.

verb

Etymology: First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.

  1. To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels.