wormhole

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Etymology

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1590s.[1] From worm +‎ hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.[1][2]

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Noun

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wormhole (plural wormholes)

  1. A hole burrowed by a worm.
  2. (relativity) A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.
  3. (programming, slang) A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.

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Verb

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wormhole (third-person singular simple present wormholes, present participle wormholing, simple past and past participle wormholed)

  1. (transitive) To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “wormhole”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Misner, Charles W., Wheeler, John A. (1957 December) “Classical Physics as Geometry”, in Annals of Physics, volume 2, number 6, →Bibcode, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 525–603