wormhole

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Konzepte

Wurmloch

Synonyme

worm hole

Übersetzungen

buraco de minhoca

trou de ver

agujero de gusano

cunicolo

buraco de verme

kurt deliği

الثّقب

solucan deliği

forat de cuc

Trou de ver

Etymologie (Englisch)

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