brane
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contracted form of membrane.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brane (plural branes)
- (physics) A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified) spatial dimensions, with strings in string theory seen as one-dimensional examples.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]hypothetical object
References
[edit]- Burgess & Quevedo, "The Great Cosmic Roller-Coaster Ride", Scientific American, November 2007, pg. 57.
Anagrams
[edit]Lower Sorbian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]brane
- inflection of brany:
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English bræġn.
Noun
[edit]brane
- Alternative form of brayn
Etymology 2
[edit]From brayn (noun).
Verb
[edit]brane
- Alternative form of braynen
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Participle
[edit]brane
- inflection of brany:
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Noun
[edit]brane
- inflection of brana:
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