Значение

значений: 3
  1. A hole burrowed by a worm.

    Wurmloch

    червото́чинаčervotóčina

    hole made by a burrowing worm

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

    Wurmloch

    крото́вая нора́krotóvaja norá, крото́винаkrotóvina, червото́чинаčervotóčina

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

Примеры

предложений: 12
  1. These two portals are connected via a wormhole.

  2. The idea of interdimensional wormholes is pure science fiction.

  3. The galactic military used wormholes to hop around the universe.

  4. The ship will reach the wormhole in a few hours.

  5. William used the flamethrower again to push the aliens into the wormhole.

Переводы

языков: 8
Русский
По значениям 2
a hole burrowed by a worm:
a shortcut between distant parts of space:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
a hole burrowed by a worm:

Происхождение

First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John A

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

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Формы

мн. число: wormholes
Ед. числоwormhole
Мн. числоwormholes

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 1

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 1
Связанныеrabbit hole

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соседние слова
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