wormhole
noun
- hypothetical topological feature of spacetime
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwɝmˌhoʊl/
noun
Etymology: First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.
- 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.”
- 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!”
- 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.
- To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels.