wormhole
A hole burrowed by a wormA hole burrowed by a worm.
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» These two portals are connected via a wormhole.
jan_OkulaJu · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA hole burrowed by a worm.
Wurmloch
червото́чинаčervotóčina
hole made by a burrowing worm
A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.
Wurmloch
крото́вая нора́krotóvaja norá, крото́винаkrotóvina, червото́чинаčervotóčina
(slang)A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.
Examples
12 sentencesThese two portals are connected via a wormhole.
The idea of interdimensional wormholes is pure science fiction.
The galactic military used wormholes to hop around the universe.
The ship will reach the wormhole in a few hours.
William used the flamethrower again to push the aliens into the wormhole.
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Origin
First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John AFirst use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.
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