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wormhole

noun

Meaning

  1. A hole burrowed by a worm
  2. A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.
  3. A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.
  4. To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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